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Singapore

Metro area · Asia · Pop. 5.8M · #19 city by EV

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2,651 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
818 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
320 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 39%
2,186Startups
822 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
756 Seed Startups$1–4M
Pre-Seed to Seed 23%
608 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 26%
362Breakouts
241 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
A to Series B 30%
121 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
B to Series C 32%
103Scaleups
62 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 2.3%
41 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 1.5%
40Valuation Outcomes
35 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 1.3%
5 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)
reach Decacorn 0.19%
Pre-Seed
822
Seed
756
Series A
608
Series B
241
Series C
121
Unicorn
35
Decacorn
5

* 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 Singapore

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

Largest rounds in Singapore - 2026

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

How much venture capital flows into Singapore

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

Academia

Singapore's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
132
University spinouts
1,304
Total alumni-founded companies
876
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
309
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
119
Scaleups ($100M+)
Top universities producing founders tied to Singapore
  • 🇺🇸 Stanford University Stanford, CA · 478 alumni unicorns
    Notable alumni-founded: GoogleNvidiaOpenAIStripe
  • 🇫🇷 INSEAD Fontainebleau · 95 alumni unicorns
    Notable alumni-founded: KlarnaWiseMews
  • 🇬🇧 Imperial College London London · 76 alumni unicorns
    Notable alumni-founded: Wise (TransferWise)ASOSTouchlight
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Location comparison

How Singapore stacks up

Compare Singapore with peers from the same continent (Asia) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

Shenzhen
$1T
Shanghai
$1T
London
$718B
Miami
$673B
Hangzhou
$623B
Tel Aviv
$504B
Seoul
$381B
San Diego
$330B
Singapore
$322B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Sector concentration

Where Singapore punches above its weight

Sectors in which Singapore's share of the global unicorn pool is bigger than its overall share. A 5× over-index means Singapore is 5× more represented in that sector than in the global average. Source: top-hub aggregation across the 18 simplified sectors.

🥗 Food
5.81×
3 unicorns · 5.4% of global sector
🛒 eCommerce & Marketplaces
4.96×
8 unicorns · 4.6% of global sector
💸 Fintech
4.77×
14 unicorns · 4.4% of global sector
🎮 Consumer Services
2.96×
6 unicorns · 2.7% of global sector

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