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Almaty

Metro area · Kazakhstan · Pop. 2.3M

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53 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

33 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

5 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 15%

50Startups

32 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

10 Seed Startups$1–4M

8 Series A Startups$4–15M

1Breakouts

1 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

2Scaleups

1 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 1.9%

1 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.9%

3Valuation Outcomes

2 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 3.8%

1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 1.9%

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Unicorn

Decacorn

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Almaty

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

Largest rounds in Almaty - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Almaty-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Almaty

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

Academia

Almaty's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

Total alumni-founded companies

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Location comparison

How Almaty stacks up

Compare Almaty with peers from the same country (Kazakhstan) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

$65.4B

$59.4B

$52.2B

$49.7B

$36.8B

$33.5B

$31.6B

$31.3B

Almaty

$19.6B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Sector breakdown

Where Almaty's unicorns concentrate

Fintech

AI / Enterprise SW

Health Tech

Biotech

Cybersecurity

Consumer

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Capital autonomy

Almaty's domestic vs foreign capital mix

% domestic VC by stage

Cross-border lead investors

Sovereign-fund participation

Foreign-LP exposure

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Recent momentum

Almaty's VC investment trajectory by stage

2024 vs 2025 by stage

Round-size trends

Stage-conversion deltas

Quarterly velocity

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Founder origins

Where Almaty's startup founders come from

By country of origin

Per capita

Top universities

Top alumni-factory companies

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AI talent

Top employers of AI talent in Almaty

Core AI roles

Frontier AI roles

YoY hiring growth

Senior + lead engineers

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Deal flow

Live deal flow & funding rounds in Almaty

New rounds last 30 days

Stage breakdown

Active investors

Round-size trends

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Country Kazakhstan Asia · Pop. 20.6M · #40 startup ecosystem by EV Region Asia Continent / region · #4 region by EV

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