Sendai
Metro area · Japan · Pop. 6.2M
Enterprise value
How much Sendai’s VC-backed companies are worth
Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in Sendai, founded since 1990 and still operating, at the end of each year. Companies stay in the total after they list or are acquired.
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.
Quarterly report
Sendai's latest quarter in venture capital
VC raised by Sendai-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.
Latest complete quarter
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Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Sendai
A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Sendai-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Sendai - 2026
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, 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 | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tokyo | $194B | 5.4× | 22 | $4.6B | 6,140 |
| 2 | Osaka - Kobe | $22.6B | 9.5× | 0 | $421.7M | 733 |
| 3 | Kyoto | $5.4B | 7.5× | 0 | $368.8M | 193 |
| 4 | Okinawa | $3.2B | 4.9× | 0 | $47.9M | 257 |
| 5 | Fukuoka | $1.7B | 4.1× | 0 | $22.7M | 168 |
| 6 | Nagoya | $1.2B | 13.6× | 0 | $95.6M | 119 |
| 7 | Kagoshima | $1.1B | 5.3× | 0 | $10M | 21 |
| 8 | Sendai | $1.1B | 34.2× | 0 | $32.9M | 136 |
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