Osaka - Kobe
Metro area · Japan · Pop. 19.3M
Enterprise value · 2015–2025
Osaka - Kobe grew 19.7× since 2015
Combined enterprise value of every tracked startup headquartered in Osaka - Kobe that's still operating today — public and private companies combined, totalled by founding-year cohort.
Adjacent cities by EV
Startup funnel
Osaka - Kobe'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.
* 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.
Notable companies
Top private companies in Osaka - Kobe
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
Academia
Osaka - Kobe's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Osaka - Kobe.
Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems
How Osaka - Kobe stacks up
Peers chosen from the same country (Japan), sized closest to Osaka - Kobe by combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.
Top overview
Japan — top cities
Top cities in Japan ranked by combined EV. Osaka - Kobe's row is highlighted.
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tokyo | $220B | 6.1× | 18 | $3.1B | 5,992 |
| 2 | Osaka - Kobe | $22.7B | 9.6× | 0 | $416.9M | 715 |
| 3 | Kyoto | $5.5B | 7.7× | 0 | $353.7M | 187 |
| 4 | Okinawa | $3.7B | 4.1× | 0 | $38.8M | 253 |
| 5 | Fukuoka | $1.6B | 3.9× | 0 | $13.5M | 163 |
| 6 | Kagoshima | $1.4B | 3.0× | 0 | $10M | 22 |
| 7 | Nagoya | $1.2B | 13.6× | 0 | $95.6M | 114 |
| 8 | Sendai | $1.1B | 49.4× | 0 | $32.9M | 135 |
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