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Yangtze Delta Region

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

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Enterprise value

How much Yangtze Delta Region’s VC-backed companies are worth

Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in Yangtze Delta Region, founded since 1990 and still operating, at the end of each year. Companies stay in the total after they list or are acquired.

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.

Startup funnel

Yangtze Delta Region's startup funnel

Companies headquartered in Yangtze Delta Region at each stage today, by total VC raised. Hover a bar for the split.

3,450

Startups

$100K–15M raised

923 pre-seed · 1,381 seed · 1,146 Series A

1,149

Breakouts

$15–100M raised

717 Series B · 432 Series C

497

Scaleups

$100M+ raised

297 Mega · 200 Mega+

241

Unicorns and/or $100M+ revenue

220 valued at $1B+ · 104 with $100M+ revenue · 83 both

Source: Dealroom.co

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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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

178

University spinouts

1,401

Total alumni-founded companies

741

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

390

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

270

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

$1.7T

$1.6T

$1T

$1T

$627B

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	2.7×	221	$10.2B	7,083
2	Jingjinji Metropolitan Region	$1.7T	3.6×	182	$6.8B	4,521
3	Beijing	$1.6T	3.5×	178	$6.7B	4,335
4	Shanghai	$1T	5.0×	141	$4.7B	3,593
5	Shenzhen	$1T	1.9×	54	$2.3B	2,267
6	Hangzhou	$627B	1.2×	38	$2.2B	1,458
7	Guangzhou	$182B	14.5×	17	$891.8M	1,545
8	Nanjing	$107B	7.1×	10	$338.4M	491
9	Suzhou	$93.4B	18.0×	14	$1.1B	653
10	Wuhan	$32.3B	4.7×	8	$420.9M	350
11	Chengdu	$30.8B	24.6×	5	$410.2M	405
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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