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Nordics

Continent / region · Europe · Pop. 28.3M · #17 region by EV

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7,045 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

1,977 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

722 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 37%

6,152Startups

2,745 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

2,043 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 26%

1,364 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 23%

748Breakouts

493 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 30%

255 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 40%

145Scaleups

96 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 1.4%

49 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.70%

107Valuation Outcomes

96 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.4%

11 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.16%

Pre-Seed

2,745

Seed

2,043

Series A

1,364

Series B

493

Series C

255

Unicorn

Decacorn

* 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.

01 VC investment

How much venture capital flows into the Nordics

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

02 Top hubs

Top startup hubs in the Nordics

The Nordics’ leading ecosystems — switch between metro areas (HQ regions) and countries, and rank by VC funding, newly minted unicorns, all-time unicorn and thoroughbred counts, combined enterprise value or EV growth. VC funding, new unicorns and EV growth all follow the period slider (EV growth re-windows an annual 2015–2025 EV series) plus the round-size bands.

03 Outcomes over time

How the Nordics compound: unicorns and enterprise value

Cumulative unicorns & $1B+ exits, decacorns ($10B+), or combined ecosystem enterprise value — all VC-backed companies founded since 1990, the same lens as the hubs ranking — stacked by country or metro since 2015.

04 Share of Europe

How much of Europe is the Nordics

Unicorns and decacorns minted in the last ten years, companies at $100M+ revenue, and VC raised in startup, breakout and scaleup rounds — each as a share of the European total. The by-year view shows the same shares per calendar year.

05 Global comparison

Unicorns, decacorns and centicorns — a global comparison

Companies count where they were founded or are headquartered. Values are per 1M people or totals, as a share of the US (US = 100%) or absolute; bars scale to the largest value in each column. Hover any value for the per-1M rate and absolute count.

06 EV constellation

The Nordics’ VC-backed companies, sized by value

One bubble per company — area is current enterprise value, grouped by country or metro (HQ region), counted where founded or headquartered (a company that moved appears in both clusters). Covers every VC-backed company founded since 1990 — the shaded cluster totals follow the platform’s HQ lens; Spotify, Genmab and Visma anchor the map. Switch Counting to “Unicorns & thoroughbreds” to keep only the named outcomes.

07 Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in the Nordics

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

Largest rounds in the Nordics - 2025–2026

Every $40M+ VC round into Nordic-headquartered companies in 2025–2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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08 Academia

The Nordics’ academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

1,810

University spinouts

7,961

Total alumni-founded companies

5,722

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

1,801

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

438

Scaleups ($100M+)

University ranking By alumni who went on to found startups · 387 tracked

#	University	City	Founders	Companies
1	Copenhagen Business School	Frederiksberg	2,445	2,824
2	KTH Royal Institute of Technology	Stockholms kommun	2,020	2,184
3	Stockholm University	Stockholms kommun	1,450	1,691
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#	University	City	Founders	Companies
1	KTH Royal Institute of Technology	Stockholms kommun	2,020	2,184
2	Stockholm University	Stockholms kommun	1,450	1,691
3	Lund University	Lund Municipality	1,199	1,378
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