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Manila

Metro area · Philippines · Pop. 13.5M

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177 Pool of Funded Startups
88 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.

Academia

Manila's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
3
University spinouts
44
Total alumni-founded companies
24
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
15
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
5
Scaleups ($100M+)

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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What we don't show on this page (yet)

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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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