Hangzhou
Metro area · China · Pop. 13M · #15 city by EV
Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Hangzhou
A live treemap of $100M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into Hangzhou-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Hangzhou - 2026
VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Hangzhou
VC investment into Hangzhou-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage. Live from the Dealroom Next Gen API.
Academia
Hangzhou's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Hangzhou.
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Notable alumni-founded: MeituanPinduoduoByteDance (co-founders)Zhipu AI
Location comparison
How Hangzhou stacks up
Compare Hangzhou with peers from the same country (China) — switch between combined EV, 5-year EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top cities in China ranked by combined EV. Hangzhou's row is highlighted (#6).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yangtze Delta Region | $2T | 2.7× | 201 | $9.5B | 6,832 |
| 2 | Jingjinji Metropolitan Region | $1.7T | 3.6× | 175 | $6.5B | 4,463 |
| 3 | Beijing | $1.6T | 3.6× | 169 | $6.3B | 4,278 |
| 4 | Shenzhen | $1T | 1.9× | 49 | $2B | 2,152 |
| 5 | Shanghai | $1T | 5.3× | 128 | $4.1B | 3,500 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | $621B | 1.2× | 33 | $1.8B | 1,397 |
| 7 | Guangzhou | $179B | 14.2× | 15 | $861.6M | 1,533 |
| 8 | Nanjing | $109B | 6.2× | 10 | $338.4M | 482 |
| 9 | Chengdu | $33.5B | 28.6× | 5 | $382.7M | 391 |
| 10 | Wuhan | $31.6B | 4.6× | 8 | $379.6M | 335 |
| 11 | Chongqing | $24.6B | 11.3× | 6 | $1B | 176 |
| 12 | Changzhou | $18.9B | 4.2× | 2 | $3.8M | 108 |
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