Bengaluru
Metro area · India · Pop. 8.4M · #20 city by EV
* 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.
Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Bengaluru
A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Bengaluru-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Bengaluru - 2026
VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Bengaluru
VC investment into Bengaluru-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
Academia
Bengaluru's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Bengaluru.
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Notable alumni-founded: Strand Life Sciences
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Notable alumni-founded: FlipkartOYORazorpayPostman
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Notable alumni-founded: ZomatoSnapdeal
Location comparison
How Bengaluru stacks up
Compare Bengaluru with peers from the same country (India) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top cities in India ranked by combined EV. Bengaluru's row is highlighted (#1).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
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| 1 | Bengaluru | $295B | 6.3× | 49 | $6B | 3,609 |
| 2 | Mumbai | $244B | 15.2× | 26 | $2.8B | 2,007 |
| 3 | Delhi | $228B | 6.1× | 30 | $2.8B | 2,408 |
| 4 | Pune | $36.8B | 12.0× | 7 | $334.8M | 521 |
| 5 | Chennai | $31.3B | 5.9× | 9 | $522.9M | 538 |
| 6 | Hyderabad | $28B | 6.0× | 4 | $298.9M | 648 |
| 7 | Jaipur | $9.8B | 11.9× | 0 | $27.9M | 127 |
| 8 | Ahmedabad | $8.6B | 11.1× | 2 | $346M | 252 |
Sector concentration
Where Bengaluru punches above its weight
Sectors in which Bengaluru's share of the global unicorn pool is bigger than its overall share. A 5× over-index means Bengaluru is 5× more represented in that sector than in the global average. Source: top-hub aggregation across the 18 simplified sectors.
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