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Southeastern United States

Country region · United States · Pop. 97.4M · #13 region by EV

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10,156 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
2,804 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
903 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 32%
8,013Startups
3,012 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
2,810 Seed Startups$1–4M
Pre-Seed to Seed 26%
2,191 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 27%
1,757Breakouts
1,140 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
A to Series B 32%
617 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
B to Series C 32%
386Scaleups
267 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 2.6%
119 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 1.2%
172Valuation Outcomes
157 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 1.5%
14 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)
reach Decacorn 0.14%
1 Centicorns($100B–1T valuation)
reach Centicorn 0.010%
Pre-Seed
3,012
Seed
2,810
Series A
2,191
Series B
1,140
Series C
617
Unicorn
157
Decacorn
14

* 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 Southeastern United States

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

Largest rounds in Southeastern United States - 2026

Every $100M+ VC round into Southeastern United States-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.
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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Southeastern United States

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

Academia

Southeastern United States's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
1,014
University spinouts
9,337
Total alumni-founded companies
5,754
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
2,642
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
941
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Southeastern United States stacks up

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