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Public sector profiles

The 18 sectors that move the venture economy.

Dealroom classifies every tracked startup into exactly one sector via priority-based taxonomy. Here's the public face of each — combined EV, unicorn density, top hubs, and the headliners that anchor each market.

Sectors ranked by combined enterprise value

Each card opens a public profile with hubs, headliners and gated premium analytics. The full taxonomy is documented in Dealroom's data dictionary.

🤖 AI #1
$3.5TCombined EV
320Unicorns
28Decacorns
$145BVC last 12mo
AI / Enterprise Software with AI
💸 Fintech #2
$1.9TCombined EV
318Unicorns
28Decacorns
$38BVC last 12mo
Payments, banking, crypto, insurance
💼 Other B2B Software #3
$1.7TCombined EV
305Unicorns
22Decacorns
$28BVC last 12mo
Horizontal SaaS, dev tools, productivity
🎮 Consumer Services #4
$1.3TCombined EV
220Unicorns
18Decacorns
$22BVC last 12mo
Gaming, music, media, travel, real estate
🧬 Biotech & Life Sciences #5
$1.1TCombined EV
158Unicorns
9Decacorns
$26BVC last 12mo
Drug discovery, gene editing, synthetic biology
🛒 eCommerce & Marketplaces #6
$1.1TCombined EV
175Unicorns
14Decacorns
$18BVC last 12mo
Marketplaces, D2C, retail tech
Energy #7
$920BCombined EV
110Unicorns
11Decacorns
$32BVC last 12mo
Climate tech, batteries, grid, fusion
🚗 Transportation #8
$880BCombined EV
88Unicorns
13Decacorns
$19BVC last 12mo
AVs, EVs, mobility, logistics
❤️‍🩹 Health Tech & Medtech #9
$720BCombined EV
142Unicorns
6Decacorns
$16BVC last 12mo
Digital health, devices, care platforms
🛡️ Cybersecurity #10
$480BCombined EV
92Unicorns
5Decacorns
$14BVC last 12mo
Security, identity, threat intel, privacy
🚀 Space #11
$380BCombined EV
32Unicorns
4Decacorns
$7.4BVC last 12mo
Launch, satellites, in-space services
🥗 Food #12
$320BCombined EV
56Unicorns
5Decacorns
$5.8BVC last 12mo
Foodtech, agri, alt-protein
🧠 Semiconductors #13
$240BCombined EV
26Unicorns
3Decacorns
$8.4BVC last 12mo
AI accelerators, photonics, quantum
🎓 Edtech #14
$220BCombined EV
38Unicorns
2Decacorns
$4.2BVC last 12mo
K-12, higher ed, lifelong learning
🪖 Defence #15
$175BCombined EV
14Unicorns
2Decacorns
$6.2BVC last 12mo
Autonomous systems, drones, defence-tech
🦾 Robotics #16
$165BCombined EV
28Unicorns
3Decacorns
$9.1BVC last 12mo
Humanoids, industrial, agriculture
📣 Marketing #17
$150BCombined EV
38Unicorns
2Decacorns
$4.4BVC last 12mo
Adtech, martech, creator economy
✈️ Aviation #18
$95BCombined EV
12Unicorns
1Decacorns
$3.8BVC last 12mo
eVTOLs, sustainable aviation, supersonic