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Where rare disease startups are based

70 rare disease startups worldwide have raised money in rounds we track, $5.0B between them. 59 of them are placed on the map by their city; Cambridge leads with 3, then New York with 3.

70startups
47cities on the map
$5.0Braised between them
Cambridgeleading city (3)
Watertown: 1 startupsIstanbul: 1 startupsCopenhagen: 1 startupsWarsaw: 1 startupsMorrisville: 1 startupsMontpellier: 1 startupsSheffield: 1 startupsTrento: 1 startupsPhiladelphia: 1 startupsDaegu: 1 startupsSeongnam: 1 startupsSeattle: 1 startupsNewton: 1 startupsBerkeley: 1 startupsOxford: 1 startupsGaithersburg: 1 startupsMontreal: 1 startupsSt. Petersburg: 1 startupsNovara: 1 startupsTokyo: 1 startupsSeoul: 1 startupsKelowna: 1 startupsLyon: 1 startupsLausanne: 1 startupsBarcelona: 1 startupsAustin: 1 startupsAmsterdam: 1 startupsConshohocken: 1 startupsLouisville: 1 startupsDublin: 1 startupsBasel: 1 startupsZug: 1 startupsSan Carlos: 1 startupsThousand Oaks: 1 startupsWayne: 1 startupsPalo Alto: 1 startupsStamford: 1 startupsNovato: 1 startupsLeiden: 2 startupsParis: 2 startupsLondon: 2 startupsSouth San Francisco: 2 startupsBoston: 2 startupsSan Francisco: 2 startupsSan Diego: 3 startupsNew York: 3 startupsCambridge: 3 startupsCambridgeSan DiegoSan FranciscoLondonBarcelonaLausanneKelownaSeoul

Each circle is a city, sized by how many startups are based there. Countries are shaded by their count.

Leading cities

  1. Cambridge3$406M
  2. New York3$117M
  3. San Diego3$225M
  4. San Francisco2$88M
  5. Boston2$80M
  6. South San Francisco2$385M
  7. London2$5.6M
  8. Paris2$108M
  9. Leiden2$13M
  10. Novato1$535M
  11. Stamford1$400M
  12. Palo Alto1$300M
  13. Wayne1$210M
  14. Thousand Oaks1$165M
  15. San Carlos1$160M

By country

  1. United States40$3.8B
  2. France5$225M
  3. United Kingdom4$451M
  4. Switzerland3$281M
  5. Netherlands3$44M
  6. South Korea3$39M
  7. Italy3$13M
  8. Canada2$5.9M
  9. Ireland1$125M
  10. Spain1$7.9M
  11. Japan1$3.2M
  12. Poland1$2.1M

Best-funded

  1. Ultragenyx PharmaceuticalUnited States · $535M
  2. OMass TherapeuticsUnited Kingdom · $442M
  3. SpringWorks TherapeuticsUnited States · $400M
  4. Star TherapeuticsUnited States · $325M
  5. Fulcrum TherapeuticsUnited States · $310M
  6. GondolaBioUnited States · $300M
  7. Palvella TherapeuticsUnited States · $210M
  8. Beren TherapeuticsUnited States · $165M
  9. GlycomineUnited States · $160M
  10. Quercis PharmaSwitzerland · $150M
  11. Homology MedicinesUnited States · $144M
  12. GTGemini TherapeuticsUnited States · $138M

How this map is made. Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. Each is placed at the city we hold for it, matched to that city's position in GeoNames (cities of 15,000 people or more; geonames.org, CC BY 4.0); startups without a city on record count in the totals but not on the map. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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