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Ho Chi Minh

Metro area · Vietnam · Pop. 21.3M

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176 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

72 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

30 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 41%

139Startups

53 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

48 Seed Startups$1–4M

38 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 15%

28Breakouts

21 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

7 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

9Scaleups

5 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 2.8%

4 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 2.3%

3Valuation Outcomes

3 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.7%

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

* 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 Ho Chi Minh

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

Largest rounds in Ho Chi Minh - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Ho Chi Minh

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

Academia

Ho Chi Minh's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

Total alumni-founded companies

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Ho Chi Minh stacks up

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

$67.1B

$59.4B

$52.5B

$49.7B

$36.9B

$33.7B