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Ohio

State · United States · Pop. 11.9M · #38 region by EV

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1,130 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

288 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

91 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 32%

924Startups

375 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

332 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 18%

217 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 25%

166Breakouts

103 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 44%

63 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 40%

40Scaleups

29 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 2.6%

11 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.97%

16Valuation Outcomes

15 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.3%

1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.088%

Pre-Seed

375

Seed

332

Series A

217

Series B

103

Series C

Unicorn

Decacorn

* C→Unicorn and Unicorn→Decacorn rates are derived from current counts (no founding-cohort data); the four mid-funnel rates use Dealroom's cohort tracking.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Ohio

A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Ohio-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in Ohio - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Ohio-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Ohio

VC investment into Ohio-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.

Academia

Ohio's academic flywheel

Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Ohio.

University-linked startup formation

126

University spinouts

1,628

Total alumni-founded companies

987

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

484

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

157

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Ohio stacks up

Compare Ohio with peers from the same country (United States) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

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$138B

Ohio

$87.1B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top regions in United States ranked by combined EV. Ohio's row is highlighted (#12).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	California	$21.5T	7.7×	1,101	$177B	36.6K
2	Western United States (Pacific, excl. Bay Area)	$4.6T	4.8×	317	$28.2B	16.4K
3	Northeastern United States	$3.4T	4.6×	652	$54.3B	30.9K
4	Washington (State)	$3T	4.5×	72	$7.3B	3,242
5	Texas	$2.7T	10.5×	128	$11.2B	6,610
6	New York State	$1.4T	5.0×	298	$30.9B	15.5K
7	Southeastern United States	$1.4T	4.8×	172	$11.5B	14.1K
8	Massachusetts	$1.2T	4.4×	210	$13.2B	6,078
9	Florida	$781B	9.6×	61	$3.7B	4,750
10	Midwestern United States	$666B	3.6×	114	$9.4B	10.7K
11	Western United States (Mountain)	$367B	4.1×	98	$9.8B	5,447
23	Ohio	$87.1B	4.6×	16	$1.3B	1,571

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