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Yangtze Delta Region

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

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5,037 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

444 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

487 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 110%

3,418Startups

919 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

1,368 Seed Startups$1–4M

1,131 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 32%

1,134Breakouts

707 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 48%

427 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 32%

485Scaleups

286 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 5.7%

199 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 4.0%

210Valuation Outcomes

185 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 3.7%

23 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.46%

2 Centicorns($100B–1T valuation)

reach Centicorn 0.040%

Pre-Seed

919

Seed

1,368

Series A

1,131

Series B

707

Series C

427

Unicorn

185

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 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

172

University spinouts

1,088

Total alumni-founded companies

568

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

298

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

222

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

$2T

Jingjinji Metropolitan Region

$1.7T

$1.6T

$1T

$1T

$623B

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	$2T	2.7×	210	$9.9B	7,038
2	Jingjinji Metropolitan Region	$1.7T	3.6×	178	$6.9B	4,520
3	Beijing	$1.6T	3.6×	174	$6.7B	4,331
4	Shenzhen	$1T	1.9×	53	$2.4B	2,240
5	Shanghai	$1T	5.2×	135	$4.5B	3,583
6	Hangzhou	$623B	1.2×	37	$2.2B	1,443
7	Guangzhou	$182B	14.5×	16	$891.8M	1,543
8	Nanjing	$108B	6.2×	10	$338.4M	489
9	Chengdu	$33.7B	27.0×	5	$410.2M	401
10	Wuhan	$32B	4.6×	8	$420.9M	345
11	Chongqing	$25B	11.5×	5	$1B	177
12	Changzhou	$18.7B	4.2×	2	$45M	113

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

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