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Seoul

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

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2,826 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

466 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

362 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 78%

2,119Startups

711 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

697 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 13%

711 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 22%

587Breakouts

405 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 33%

182 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 27%

120Scaleups

87 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 3.1%

33 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.2%

41Valuation Outcomes

37 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.3%

4 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.14%

Pre-Seed

711

Seed

697

Series A

711

Series B

405

Series C

182

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.

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.

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$622B

$525B

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$358B

$321B

$295B

$244B

$228B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Sector breakdown

Where Seoul's unicorns concentrate

Fintech

AI / Enterprise SW

Health Tech

Biotech

Cybersecurity

Consumer

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Capital autonomy

Seoul'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

Seoul'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 Seoul'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 Seoul

Core AI roles

Frontier AI roles

YoY hiring growth

Senior + lead engineers

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Deal flow

Live deal flow & funding rounds in Seoul

New rounds last 30 days

Stage breakdown

Active investors

Round-size trends

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Country South Korea Asia · Pop. 51.8M · #7 startup ecosystem by EV Region Asia Continent / region · #4 region by EV

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