柏林科技生态系统——2025年回顾

2025 in review February 2026 Foreword Berlin is the city of founders and the German epicenter of digital innovationsand business models. Berlin is amongst the best locations in Europe when itcomes to unicorns, venture capital investments and the number of investmentrounds. Female founded companies in Berlin have a better access to investors Moreover, the report contains the figures of the so-called private “founderfactories”: grownup startups which give rise to additional startups. There are Berlin is exceptionally well positioned to meet challenges such as Europeansovereignty and defense capabilities. Here in Berlin, together with ourpartners, we will continue to strengthen the cooperation in the field withinGermany but also Europe. In December 2025, the Senate of Berlin adopted a Our secret to success is the diverse, creative and dynamic Berlin startupecosystem,powered by numerous bright minds and courageous Berlinʼs lighthouse startups are found in various innovation fields. ClimateTech is big in Berlin and so are GovTech, AI, eCommerce and Fintech. Berlinʼsdiverse industrial structure is also reflected in the startup-sector. Berlin is and will remain an outstanding and continuously evolving innovationhub in Europe. The current report provides a broad basis of information that The current Berlin tech ecosystem Report 2026 provides an overview of thestatus quo and the potential of Berlinʼs startup ecosystem. In addition, ithighlights its challenges and opportunities. For example, the Berlin AI Hub, The report also unveils the contribution Berlinʼs universities and highereducation institutions make to the cityʼs innovative strength. With the Startup Key Figures Executive Summary Berlin startups raised €4.9B since2024. Berlin VC-backed startups are nowworth a combined €169B. The Berlin startup ecosystem is amature ecosystem with a solidfundament and high potentials to keepon growing. Berlin is Germanyʼs largesttech hub, representing 43% of national Berlin ranks 4th in Europe for VCinvestment and 2nd for number ofrounds. Graduation rates from seed areabove European peers, with 37% of AI is emerging as a strategicadvantage. Berlin has identifiable strengths. Enterprise Software, Climate tech andFintech in particular drive much ofBerlinʼs momentum. The city hosts 340+climate tech startups, has raised €800M+in climate VC since 2024 (#4 in Europe).Additionally, female-founded startups Berlin is becoming a leading EuropeanAI centre, home to 9,000+ AIprofessionals and #3 in Europe forFrontier AI researchers. Generative AIand AI applications were some of thetop segments by VC raised in the last 2 1The rise of Berlin tech 2Berlinʼs VC landscape3Berlinʼs innovation ecosystem4Outlook and challenges5Methodology Berlinʼs VCbacked startupsare now worth It is worth 43% ofGermany's ecosystem After peaking in 2021, theBerlin startup ecosystemhas started to grow again.Startups launched since2015 have increased The Berlin tech ecosystem has 1.6K+ VC-backed startups, and has already created 57companies with $100M+ revenues and/or $1B+ valuation This reflects a growth funnel, with a large base of VC-backed startups translating into a growing number of scale-up and unicorn outcomes Berlinʼs pipelinespans keysectors acrossEnterprisesoftware, AI,Deep tech, The Berlin StartupEcosystem consists of adiverse range of successfulsegments and stages, withmultiple segments showing Berlinʼs startupsprogress fromseed to laterstages at higherrates than peer 37% of Berlin seed startupsadvance to Series A, 20% to Berlinʼs graduation ratesare among the highest inEurope, and stronger than Berlin ranksamong Europeʼstop ecosystems The Berlin startupecosystem has produced ahigh number of highlysuccessful companies, Selected top companies and rising stars Berlinʼs leadingscaleupscombine globalreach with Companies that havegrown out of the startupecosystem are importantdrivers for the overall “We're a proud product of the Berlin startup scene. Itsunique mix of creativity, talent and capital has set thestage for Delivery Hero to become a global scale-upsuccess story, as well as a founder factory. But Berlinʼs full Marie-Anne PoppCFO at Delivery Hero Former employees of Berlin successes turning entrepreneurs Berlin is home tosome of Europeʼsbiggest unicorn 133+ VC-backed startups werelaunched by formeremployees ofZalando,Delivery Hero, andN26 Berlinʼs startupshave created 94Kjobs locally Startups, scaleups andgrownups are keycontributors to employment 1The rise of Berlin tech2Berlinʼs VC landscape3Berlinʼs innovation ecosystem4Outlook and challenges5Methodology Berlin ranks among Europeʼs leading tech ecosystems for VC investmentGermany and UK are the only countries that do have two ecosystems in the European top twelve VC investment inBerlin hasstabilised at€2–3B annually Continued attention will beneeded in the coming years tosupport the ecosystemʼs next Top roundsraised by Berlinstartups in Source: D