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State · United States · Pop. 31.3M · #10 region by EV

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4,387 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
1,430 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
405 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 28%
3,194Startups
1,150 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
1,032 Seed Startups$1–4M
Pre-Seed to Seed 27%
1,012 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 33%
958Breakouts
593 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
A to Series B 35%
365 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
B to Series C 31%
235Scaleups
149 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 3.4%
86 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 2.0%
125Valuation Outcomes
107 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 2.4%
15 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)
reach Decacorn 0.34%
1 Centicorns($100B–1T valuation)
reach Centicorn 0.023%
2 Gigacorns($1T+ valuation)
reach Gigacorn 0.046%
Pre-Seed
1,150
Seed
1,032
Series A
1,012
Series B
593
Series C
365
Unicorn
107
Decacorn
15

* 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 Texas

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

Largest rounds in Texas - 2026

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

How much venture capital flows into Texas

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

Academia

Texas's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
301
University spinouts
2,279
Total alumni-founded companies
1,328
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
684
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
267
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Texas stacks up

Compare Texas 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.

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Sector breakdown
Where Texas's unicorns concentrate
Fintech
AI / Enterprise SW
Health Tech
Biotech
Cybersecurity
Consumer
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Capital autonomy
Texas's domestic vs foreign capital mix
% domestic VC by stage
Cross-border lead investors
Sovereign-fund participation
Foreign-LP exposure
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Recent momentum
Texas's VC investment trajectory by stage
2024 vs 2025 by stage
Round-size trends
Stage-conversion deltas
Quarterly velocity
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Founder origins
Where Texas's startup founders come from
By country of origin
Per capita
Top universities
Top alumni-factory companies
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AI talent
Top employers of AI talent in Texas
Core AI roles
Frontier AI roles
YoY hiring growth
Senior + lead engineers
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Deal flow
Live deal flow & funding rounds in Texas
New rounds last 30 days
Stage breakdown
Active investors
Round-size trends
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Country United States North America · Pop. 340.1M · #1 startup ecosystem by EV Region North America Continent / region · Pop. 60M · #2 region by EV

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