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Seoul

Metro area · South Korea · Pop. 26M · #17 city by EV

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3,046 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

498 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

389 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 78%

2,262Startups

738 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

752 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 13%

772 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 21%

654Breakouts

450 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 33%

204 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 26%

130Scaleups

94 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 3.1%

36 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.2%

42Valuation Outcomes

38 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.2%

4 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.13%

Pre-Seed

738

Seed

752

Series A

772

Series B

450

Series C

204

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 Seoul

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

Largest rounds in Seoul - 2026

Every $40M+ VC round into Seoul-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Seoul

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

Academia

Seoul's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

176

University spinouts

640

Total alumni-founded companies

346

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

233

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Seoul stacks up

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

$1T

$1T

$623B

$504B

Seoul

$381B

Singapore

$322B