Sendai
Metro area · Japan · Pop. 6.2M
Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Sendai
A live treemap of $100M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into Sendai-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Sendai - 2026
Startup funnel
Sendai'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.
* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.
VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Sendai
VC investment into Sendai-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage. Live from the Dealroom Next Gen API.
Academia
Sendai's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Sendai.
Location comparison
How Sendai stacks up
Compare Sendai with peers from the same country (Japan) — switch between combined EV, 5-year EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top cities in Japan ranked by combined EV. Sendai's row is highlighted (#8).
| # | 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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