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Riyadh

Metro area · Saudi Arabia · Pop. 7.7M

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343 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

160 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

56 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 35%

288Startups

113 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

107 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 29%

68 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 33%

44Breakouts

33 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 34%

11 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

11Scaleups

8 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 2.3%

3 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.87%

7Valuation Outcomes

6 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.7%

1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.29%

Pre-Seed

113

Seed

107

Series A

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

Decacorn

* 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 Riyadh

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

Largest rounds in Riyadh - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Riyadh

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

Academia

Riyadh's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

Total alumni-founded companies

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Riyadh stacks up

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

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$59.4B

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$49.7B

$36.9B

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