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Manila

Metro area · Philippines · Pop. 13.5M

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177 Pool of Funded Startups
87 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
25 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 29%
67 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
52 Seed Startups$1–4M
29 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 31%
11 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
12 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
3 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 1.7%
3 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 1.7%
2 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 1.1%
Pre-Seed
67
Seed
52
Series A
29
Series B
11
Series C
12
Unicorn
2

* 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 Manila

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

Largest rounds in Manila - 2026

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

How much venture capital flows into Manila

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

Location comparison

How Manila stacks up

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

$36.8B
$33.5B
$31.6B
$31.3B
$28.3B
$28B
$25.4B
$24.6B
Manila
$12.3B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Sector breakdown
Where Manila's unicorns concentrate
Fintech
AI / Enterprise SW
Health Tech
Biotech
Cybersecurity
Consumer
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Capital autonomy
Manila's domestic vs foreign capital mix
% domestic VC by stage
Cross-border lead investors
Sovereign-fund participation
Foreign-LP exposure
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Recent momentum
Manila's VC investment trajectory by stage
2024 vs 2025 by stage
Round-size trends
Stage-conversion deltas
Quarterly velocity
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Founder origins
Where Manila's startup founders come from
By country of origin
Per capita
Top universities
Top alumni-factory companies
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AI talent
Top employers of AI talent in Manila
Core AI roles
Frontier AI roles
YoY hiring growth
Senior + lead engineers
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Deal flow
Live deal flow & funding rounds in Manila
New rounds last 30 days
Stage breakdown
Active investors
Round-size trends
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