Yangtze Delta Region
Metro area · China · Pop. 240M · #3 city by EV
Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Yangtze Delta Region
A live treemap of $100M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into Yangtze Delta Region-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Yangtze Delta Region - 2026
Startup funnel
Yangtze Delta Region's power-law funnel
From the first cheque written to a $10B+ outcome. Each arrow shows what fraction of companies at one stage graduate to the next, tracked by founding cohort.
* 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.
VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Yangtze Delta Region
VC investment into Yangtze Delta Region-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage. Live from the Dealroom Next Gen API.
Notable companies
Top private companies in Yangtze Delta Region
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
Location comparison
How Yangtze Delta Region stacks up
Compare Yangtze Delta Region with peers from the same country (China) — switch between combined EV, 5-year EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top cities in China ranked by combined EV. Yangtze Delta Region's row is highlighted (#1).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yangtze Delta Region | $2T | 2.7× | 201 | $9.5B | 6,832 |
| 2 | Jingjinji Metropolitan Region | $1.7T | 3.6× | 175 | $6.5B | 4,463 |
| 3 | Beijing | $1.6T | 3.6× | 169 | $6.3B | 4,278 |
| 4 | Shenzhen | $1T | 1.9× | 49 | $2B | 2,152 |
| 5 | Shanghai | $1T | 5.3× | 128 | $4.1B | 3,500 |
| 6 | Hangzhou | $621B | 1.2× | 33 | $1.8B | 1,397 |
| 7 | Guangzhou | $179B | 14.2× | 15 | $861.6M | 1,533 |
| 8 | Nanjing | $109B | 6.2× | 10 | $338.4M | 482 |
| 9 | Chengdu | $33.5B | 28.6× | 5 | $382.7M | 391 |
| 10 | Wuhan | $31.6B | 4.6× | 8 | $379.6M | 335 |
| 11 | Chongqing | $24.6B | 11.3× | 6 | $1B | 176 |
| 12 | Changzhou | $18.9B | 4.2× | 2 | $3.8M | 108 |
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