Bengaluru
Metro area · India · Pop. 8.4M · #21 city by EV
Enterprise value
How much Bengaluru’s VC-backed companies are worth
Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in Bengaluru, founded since 1990 and still operating, at the end of each year. Companies stay in the total after they list or are acquired.
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.
Startup funnel
Bengaluru's startup funnel
Companies headquartered in Bengaluru at each stage today, by total VC raised. Hover a bar for the split.
Source: Dealroom.co
Quarterly report
Bengaluru's latest quarter in venture capital
VC raised by Bengaluru-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.
Latest complete quarter
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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
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.
| # | University | City | Based here | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇮🇳IIT Bombay | Mumbai | 38 | 1,927 |
| 2 | 🇮🇳IIT Delhi | New Delhi | 28 | 943 |
| 3 | 🇮🇳Indian Institute of Science (IISc) | Bengaluru | 18 | 394 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bengaluru | $298B | 6.4× | 53 | $6.1B | 3,742 |
| 2 | Mumbai | $244B | 14.8× | 27 | $2.8B | 2,053 |
| 3 | Delhi | $229B | 6.1× | 30 | $3B | 2,507 |
| 4 | Pune | $36.9B | 12.1× | 8 | $335M | 543 |
| 5 | Chennai | $30.4B | 6.0× | 10 | $522.9M | 551 |
| 6 | Hyderabad | $30.2B | 6.6× | 4 | $164.4M | 664 |
| 7 | Jaipur | $9.8B | 11.9× | 0 | $27.9M | 129 |
| 8 | Ahmedabad | $8.6B | 11.3× | 2 | $346M | 257 |
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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