Kagoshima
Metro area · Japan · Pop. 593K
Quarterly report
Kagoshima's latest quarter in venture capital
VC raised by Kagoshima-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 Kagoshima
A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Kagoshima-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Kagoshima - 2026
Startup funnel
Kagoshima'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.
* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.
VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Kagoshima
VC investment into Kagoshima-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
Location comparison
How Kagoshima stacks up
Compare Kagoshima with peers from the same country (Japan) — 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 Japan ranked by combined EV. Kagoshima's row is highlighted (#7).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tokyo | $196B | 3.4× | 21 | $5.8B | 6,139 |
| 2 | Osaka - Kobe | $22.9B | 10.0× | 0 | $406.6M | 729 |
| 3 | Kyoto | $5.5B | 7.7× | 0 | $353.7M | 192 |
| 4 | Okinawa | $3.5B | 5.6× | 0 | $38.9M | 257 |
| 5 | Fukuoka | $1.7B | 4.2× | 0 | $13.7M | 167 |
| 6 | Nagoya | $1.3B | 14.5× | 0 | $95.6M | 119 |
| 7 | Kagoshima | $1.1B | 5.3× | 0 | $10M | 21 |
| 8 | Sendai | $821.6M | 38.2× | 0 | $32.9M | 135 |
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