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Kuala Lumpur

Metro area · Malaysia · Pop. 8.5M

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449 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

260 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

62 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 24%

403Startups

233 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

117 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 18%

53 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 9.0%

37Breakouts

22 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

15 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

9Scaleups

6 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 1.3%

3 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.67%

2Valuation Outcomes

2 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 0.45%

Pre-Seed

233

Seed

117

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 Kuala Lumpur

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

Largest rounds in Kuala Lumpur - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Kuala Lumpur

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

Academia

Kuala Lumpur's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

Total alumni-founded companies

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Kuala Lumpur stacks up

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

$36.9B

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$30.3B

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