Ho Chi Minh
Metro area · Vietnam · Pop. 21.3M
Enterprise value · 2015–2025
Ho Chi Minh grew 541.9× since 2015
Combined enterprise value of every tracked startup headquartered in Ho Chi Minh that's still operating today — public and private companies combined, totalled by founding-year cohort.
Adjacent cities by EV
Startup funnel
Ho Chi Minh's power-law funnel
From the first cheque written to a $10B+ outcome. Each arrow shows what fraction of companies at one stage graduate to the next, tracked by founding cohort.
* 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.
Notable companies
Top private companies in Ho Chi Minh
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
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.
Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems
How Ho Chi Minh stacks up
Peers chosen from the same country (Vietnam), sized closest to Ho Chi Minh by combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.
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