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1 Startup funnel
Austria's startup funnel
Companies headquartered in Austria at each stage today, by total VC raised. Hover or tap a bar for the split.
Source: Dealroom.co
2 Latest quarter
Austria's latest quarter in venture capital
Venture capital raised by Austria-headquartered companies each quarter since 2020, split by round size, with detail on the latest complete quarter.
Latest complete quarter
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3 Enterprise value
How much Austria’s VC-backed companies are worth
Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in Austria, founded since 1990 and still operating, at the end of each year. Companies stay in the total after they list or are acquired.
4 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Austria
VC investment into Austria-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
5 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Austria
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Austria, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Austria - 2024–2026
6 Startup hubs
Inside Austria: 1 startup hub, 71 universities
Hubs are sized by combined enterprise value; universities by the startup founders they produced. Hover any point for its numbers; the lists rank hubs by EV and universities by founders.
7 Founder origins
Where Austria's unicorn founders build
40 founders born in Austria are behind 31 unicorns; 48% of those were built in the US. Origins are resolved from biography and education history, not current address. Compare with the other origin countries in Europe, ranked by founders or per 1M inhabitants.
8 Location comparison
How Austria stacks up
Compare Austria with similarly sized ecosystems in Europe — switch between combined EV, 5-year EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top ecosystems in Europe ranked by combined EV. Austria's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | $1.2T | 4.7× | 230 | $27.3B | 21K |
| 2 | Germany | $409B | 4.2× | 99 | $8.3B | 9,034 |
| 3 | France | $404B | 5.4× | 69 | $8.3B | 9,103 |
| 4 | Netherlands | $376B | 3.3× | 48 | $3.4B | 3,957 |
| 5 | Sweden | $264B | 5.4× | 56 | $3.5B | 3,393 |
| 6 | Switzerland | $220B | 3.7× | 50 | $4.2B | 3,135 |
| 7 | Denmark | $141B | 4.3× | 24 | $1.9B | 1,749 |
| 8 | Belgium | $113B | 7.5× | 13 | $1.1B | 1,990 |
| 9 | Ireland | $107B | 4.7× | 26 | $1.2B | 1,975 |
| 10 | Spain | $105B | 4.7× | 18 | $3.3B | 4,636 |
| 11 | Finland | $80.6B | 4.0× | 14 | $2.2B | 1,810 |
| 18 | Austria | $29.5B | 5.9× | 6 | $320.6M | 1,045 |
9 Patent intelligence
Austria startup IP portfolio: 2,790 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Austria. Aggregated across the country's hub-level filings — Bay Area, Boston, etc. roll up under the United States row, the same way Tokyo and Osaka roll up under Japan.
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