Bangladesh
Asia · Pop. 173.6M
1 Overview
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Bangladesh
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Bangladesh, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Bangladesh - 2024–2026
3 Startup hubs
Inside Bangladesh: 1 startup hub, 119 universities
Hubs are sized by combined enterprise value; universities and research institutes by the startup founders they produced. Hover any point for its numbers; the lists rank hubs by EV and universities by founders.
4 Startup funnel
Bangladesh'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.
* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.
5 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Bangladesh
VC investment into Bangladesh-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
6 Founder origins
Where Bangladesh's unicorn founders build
5 founders born in Bangladesh are behind 5 unicorns; 40% of those were built in the US. Origins are resolved from biography and education history, not current address. Compare with the other origin countries in Asia, ranked by founders or per 1M inhabitants.
7 Location comparison
How Bangladesh stacks up
Compare Bangladesh with similarly sized ecosystems in Asia — 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 ecosystems in Asia ranked by combined EV. Bangladesh's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $5.8T | 3.1× | 521 | $34.5B | 25.1K |
| 2 | India | $925B | 7.5× | 131 | $14.1B | 13.7K |
| 3 | Israel | $578B | 5.4× | 133 | $10.6B | 4,860 |
| 4 | South Korea | $433B | 15.4× | 48 | $8.3B | 8,131 |
| 5 | Singapore | $322B | 8.5× | 40 | $4B | 4,063 |
| 6 | Japan | $229B | 5.8× | 21 | $7B | 7,960 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | $178B | 12.4× | 21 | $3.1B | 1,280 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | $79.1B | 10.5× | 24 | $3.9B | 1,617 |
| 9 | Indonesia | $64.9B | 5.0× | 12 | $485.4M | 1,221 |
| 10 | Taiwan | $61.9B | 7.6× | 12 | $209.1M | 653 |
| 11 | Türkiye | $52.7B | 16.0× | 10 | $716.6M | 2,072 |
| 22 | Bangladesh | $1.7B | 7.2× | 0 | $2M | 275 |
8 Patent intelligence
Bangladesh startup IP portfolio: 57 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Bangladesh. Aggregated across the country's hub-level filings — Bay Area, Boston, etc. roll up under the United States row, the same way Tokyo and Osaka roll up under Japan.
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