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Riyadh

Metro area · Saudi Arabia · Pop. 7.7M

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331 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

158 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

56 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 35%

279Startups

111 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

102 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 29%

66 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 33%

41Breakouts

30 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 34%

11 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

11Scaleups

8 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 2.4%

3 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 0.91%

7Valuation Outcomes

6 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.8%

1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.30%

Pre-Seed

111

Seed

102

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.

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

$52.2B

$49.7B

$36.8B

$33.5B

$31.6B

$31.3B

Riyadh

$25.4B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Sector breakdown

Where Riyadh's unicorns concentrate

Fintech

AI / Enterprise SW

Health Tech

Biotech

Cybersecurity

Consumer

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Capital autonomy

Riyadh'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

Riyadh'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 Riyadh'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 Riyadh

Core AI roles

Frontier AI roles

YoY hiring growth

Senior + lead engineers

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Deal flow

Live deal flow & funding rounds in Riyadh

New rounds last 30 days

Stage breakdown

Active investors

Round-size trends

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Country Saudi Arabia Asia · Pop. 35.3M · #36 startup ecosystem by EV Region Asia Continent / region · #4 region by EV

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