Croatia
Europe · Pop. 3.9M
1 Overview
* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Croatia
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a Croatia-headquartered company, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Croatia - 2024–2026
3 Startup hubs
Inside Croatia: 1 startup hub, 28 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.
4 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Croatia
VC investment into Croatia-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
5 Founder origins
Where Croatia's unicorn founders build
3 founders born in Croatia are behind 1 unicorns; 0% 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.
6 Location comparison
How Croatia stacks up
Compare Croatia 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. Croatia's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | $1.2T | 4.5× | 226 | $27.3B | 20.7K |
| 2 | Germany | $405B | 4.2× | 95 | $8.3B | 8,826 |
| 3 | France | $399B | 5.4× | 67 | $8.4B | 9,181 |
| 4 | Netherlands | $324B | 2.8× | 44 | $3.5B | 3,951 |
| 5 | Sweden | $278B | 5.7× | 56 | $3.5B | 3,306 |
| 6 | Switzerland | $222B | 3.7× | 50 | $4.1B | 3,053 |
| 7 | Denmark | $140B | 4.3× | 24 | $1.8B | 1,710 |
| 8 | Spain | $108B | 4.8× | 18 | $3.3B | 4,611 |
| 9 | Belgium | $107B | 7.2× | 12 | $907.7M | 1,914 |
| 10 | Ireland | $105B | 4.7× | 26 | $1.2B | 1,991 |
| 11 | Finland | $79.1B | 3.9× | 10 | $2.2B | 1,765 |
| 29 | Croatia | $6.8B | 25.9× | 3 | $31.8M | 210 |
7 Patent intelligence
Croatia startup IP portfolio: 58 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Croatia. 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.
8 Premium analytics
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