Bahrain
Asia · Pop. 1.6M
Enterprise value · 2015–2025
Bahrain grew 223.1× since 2015
Combined enterprise value of every tracked startup headquartered in Bahrain that's still operating today — public and private companies combined, totalled by founding-year cohort.
Adjacent ecosystems by EV
Startup funnel
Bahrain'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.
Academia
Bahrain's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Bahrain.
Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems
How Bahrain stacks up
Peers chosen from the same Asia cluster within ±70% of Bahrain's combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size for the wider continent — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.
Top overview
Asia ecosystems — combined view
Top ecosystems in Asia ranked by combined EV. Bahrain's row is highlighted.
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $5.8T | 3.2× | 479 | $33.4B | 24.5K |
| 2 | India | $884B | 7.1× | 125 | $13.9B | 13.3K |
| 3 | Israel | $600B | 5.6× | 128 | $10.7B | 4,762 |
| 4 | South Korea | $439B | 15.6× | 41 | $8.2B | 7,931 |
| 5 | Singapore | $359B | 9.6× | 38 | $3.3B | 3,900 |
| 6 | Japan | $255B | 6.4× | 19 | $4.3B | 7,794 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | $186B | 13.0× | 21 | $3.6B | 1,222 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | $79.1B | 10.6× | 21 | $3.9B | 1,553 |
| 9 | Indonesia | $64.8B | 5.0× | 12 | $485.3M | 1,208 |
| 10 | Taiwan | $59.4B | 7.9× | 5 | $209.1M | 621 |
| 11 | Türkiye | $55.7B | 20.7× | 8 | $714.3M | 2,031 |
| 23 | Bahrain | $1.5B | 59.5× | 0 | $43M | 114 |
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