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Yangtze Delta Region

Metro area · China · Pop. 240M · #3 city by EV

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5,084 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

450 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

493 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 110%

3,445Startups

922 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

1,380 Seed Startups$1–4M

1,143 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 31%

1,149Breakouts

714 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 48%

435 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 31%

490Scaleups

293 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 5.8%

197 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 3.9%

219Valuation Outcomes

190 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 3.7%

27 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.53%

2 Centicorns($100B–1T valuation)

reach Centicorn 0.039%

Pre-Seed

922

Seed

1,380

Series A

1,143

Series B

714

Series C

435

Unicorn

190

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.

Quarterly report

Yangtze Delta Region's latest quarter in venture capital

VC raised by Yangtze Delta Region-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 Yangtze Delta Region

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

Largest rounds in Yangtze Delta Region - 2026

Every $100M+ VC round into Yangtze Delta Region-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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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.

Academia

Yangtze Delta Region's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

176

University spinouts

1,370

Total alumni-founded companies

721

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

386

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

263

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Yangtze Delta Region stacks up

Compare Yangtze Delta Region with peers from the same country (China) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

Yangtze Delta Region

$2.1T

Jingjinji Metropolitan Region

$1.8T

$1.7T

$1.1T

$1T

$641B

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	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	Guangzhou	$208B	3.7×	17	$891.8M	1,546
8	Nanjing	$109B	6.7×	10	$338.4M	491
9	Suzhou	$94.5B	18.2×	14	$1.1B	652
10	Wuhan	$32.5B	7.0×	8	$420.9M	349
11	Chengdu	$31.5B	25.2×	5	$410.2M	403
12	Chongqing	$24.4B	15.0×	5	$1B	178

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Country China Asia · Pop. 1409M · #2 startup ecosystem by EV Region Asia Continent / region · Pop. 4694.6M · #4 region by EV

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