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Guangzhou

Metro area · China · Pop. 18.7M · #30 city by EV

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1,288 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

79 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

117 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 148%

1,060Startups

345 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

402 Seed Startups$1–4M

313 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 22%

176Breakouts

128 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 33%

48 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 36%

52Scaleups

35 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 2.7%

17 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.3%

17Valuation Outcomes

15 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.2%

2 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.16%

Pre-Seed

345

Seed

402

Series A

313

Series B

128

Series C

Unicorn

Decacorn

* 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.

Quarterly report

Guangzhou's latest quarter in venture capital

VC raised by Guangzhou-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.

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Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Guangzhou

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

Largest rounds in Guangzhou - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Guangzhou

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

Academia

Guangzhou's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

Total alumni-founded companies

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Guangzhou stacks up

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

Shanghai

$1.1T

Shenzhen

$1T

Hangzhou

$641B

Guangzhou

$208B

$109B

$94.5B

$32.5B

$31.5B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Top cities in China ranked by combined EV. Guangzhou's row is highlighted (#7).

#	Ecosystem	Combined EV	EV growth	Unicorns	VC invested	Tracked startups
1	Yangtze Delta Region	$2.1T	3.9×	219	$10.2B	7,073
2	Jingjinji Metropolitan Region	$1.8T	3.7×	179	$6.8B	4,518
3	Beijing	$1.7T	3.7×	175	$6.7B	4,332
4	Shanghai	$1.1T	7.3×	140	$4.7B	3,591
5	Shenzhen	$1T	20.5×	54	$2.4B	2,252
6	Hangzhou	$641B	1.8×	37	$2.2B	1,452
7	Guangzhou	$208B	3.7×	17	$891.8M	1,546
8	Nanjing	$109B	6.7×	10	$338.4M	491
9	Suzhou	$94.5B	18.2×	14	$1.1B	652
10	Wuhan	$32.5B	7.0×	8	$420.9M	349
11	Chengdu	$31.5B	25.2×	5	$410.2M	403
12	Chongqing	$24.4B	15.0×	5	$1B	178

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Country China Asia · Pop. 1409M · #2 startup ecosystem by EV Region Asia Continent / region · Pop. 4694.6M · #4 region by EV

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