Singapore
Metro area · Asia · Pop. 5.8M · #18 city by EV
* 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.
Quarterly report
Singapore's latest quarter in venture capital
VC raised by Singapore-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.
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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
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 | City | Based here | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇫🇷INSEAD | Fontainebleau | 12 | 5,677 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Stanford University | Stanford, CA | 4 | 13K |
| 3 | 🇬🇧Imperial College London | London | 4 | 3,472 |
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.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top cities in Asia ranked by combined EV. Singapore's row is highlighted (#9).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yangtze Delta Region | $2.1T | 3.9× | 219 | $10.2B | 7,073 |
| 2 | Jingjinji Metropolitan Region | $1.8T | 3.7× | 179 | $6.8B | 4,518 |
| 3 | Beijing | $1.7T | 3.7× | 175 | $6.7B | 4,332 |
| 4 | Shanghai | $1.1T | 7.3× | 140 | $4.7B | 3,591 |
| 5 | Shenzhen | $1T | 20.5× | 54 | $2.4B | 2,252 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | $641B | 1.8× | 37 | $2.2B | 1,452 |
| 7 | Tel Aviv | $501B | 7.0× | 119 | $9.2B | 3,729 |
| 8 | Seoul | $387B | 14.7× | 46 | $7.2B | 5,322 |
| 9 | Singapore | $342B | 8.8× | 43 | $4B | 4,110 |
| 10 | Bengaluru | $300B | 6.4× | 53 | $6.1B | 3,725 |
| 11 | Mumbai | $244B | 15.4× | 27 | $2.8B | 2,048 |
| 12 | Delhi | $230B | 6.6× | 30 | $3B | 2,497 |
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.
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