Kyoto
Metro area · Japan · Pop. 3.8M
Quarterly report
Kyoto's latest quarter in venture capital
VC raised by Kyoto-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 Kyoto
A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Kyoto-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Kyoto - 2026
Startup funnel
Kyoto'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 Kyoto
VC investment into Kyoto-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
Academia
Kyoto's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Kyoto.
Location comparison
How Kyoto stacks up
Compare Kyoto 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. Kyoto's row is highlighted (#3).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tokyo | $197B | 3.4× | 21 | $5.8B | 6,141 |
| 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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