Funded startups in Nordrhein-Westfalen number 187 in FundedIQ, tracked with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in Nordrhein-Westfalen, along with the 100 most recently funded startups there.
Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies by sector. Cologne and Düsseldorf hold the deepest concentrations of funded startups in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Startups in Nordrhein-Westfalen closed 62 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 29 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $531M in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $5.4M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $1.5M and $16M.
Activity concentrates in Cologne and Düsseldorf, though Aachen and Bochum provide meaningful anchors. This geographic spread means a regional strategy beats a single city approach. Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology lead the sectoral mix. Early stage funding dominates, with Seed and Pre-Seed labels appearing frequently across these urban centers.
Nordrhein-Westfalen funded startup statistics
Funded startups in Nordrhein-Westfalen
187
tracked in the database
Funding rounds, last 12 months
29
62 over 24 months
Disclosed capital raised, 24 months
$531M
45 of 62 rounds disclosed an amount
Median round size
$5.4M
middle half $1.5M to $16M
Most recent funding round on record: Sep 2026.
100 most recently funded startups in Nordrhein-Westfalen
100 of 187
Ordered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its
location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed
amount.
Startups in Nordrhein-Westfalen closed 62 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 29 of them in the last 12, adding up to $531M in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $5.4M, with the middle half running from $1.5M to $16M. 45 of 62 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology and Commerce and Shopping hold the most companies, led by Artificial Intelligence at 37. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Industries with the most funded startups in Nordrhein-Westfalen
Sector counts across all 187 tracked companies in Nordrhein-Westfalen. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
A further 15 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ Nordrhein-Westfalen startup funding data
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding
date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and
new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round
reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 187 funded startups in Nordrhein-Westfalen currently tracked.
Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months.
Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (17 of 62 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded startups in Nordrhein-Westfalen is dated Sep 2026.
The table above shows the 100 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories,
investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded startups are there in Nordrhein-Westfalen?
FundedIQ tracks 187 funded startups in Nordrhein-Westfalen. This page lists the 100 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have startups in Nordrhein-Westfalen raised?
Startups in Nordrhein-Westfalen tracked by FundedIQ have raised $531M in disclosed capital across 62 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 29 rounds in the last 12 months. 45 of those 62 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in Nordrhein-Westfalen?
Artificial Intelligence has the most, with 37 companies, followed by Information Technology (17), Commerce and Shopping (16) and Financial Services (14). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which cities have the most funded startups in Nordrhein-Westfalen?
Cologne leads with 57 companies, then Düsseldorf (32), Aachen (20) and Bochum (10).
What is a typical funding round size for startups in Nordrhein-Westfalen?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $5.4M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $1.5M and $16M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
What is the most common funding stage for startups in Nordrhein-Westfalen?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 24 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Pre-Seed (10) and Series A (5). A further 15 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the Nordrhein-Westfalen startup funding data updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded startups in Nordrhein-Westfalen is dated Sep 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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