Iraq
Asia · Pop. 46M
1 Overview
2 Latest quarter
Iraq's latest quarter in venture capital
VC raised by Iraq-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.
Latest complete quarter
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3 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Iraq
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Iraq, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Iraq - 2024–2026
4 Startup funnel
Iraq'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 Iraq
VC investment into Iraq-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
6 Founder origins
Where Iraq's unicorn founders build
4 founders born in Iraq are behind 4 unicorns; 50% 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 Iraq stacks up
Compare Iraq 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. Iraq's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $6.1T | 5.3× | 537 | $34.7B | 25.2K |
| 2 | India | $935B | 7.9× | 135 | $14.1B | 13.8K |
| 3 | Israel | $587B | 5.8× | 133 | $10.7B | 4,914 |
| 4 | South Korea | $440B | 15.8× | 52 | $8.2B | 8,139 |
| 5 | Singapore | $342B | 8.8× | 43 | $4B | 4,106 |
| 6 | Japan | $231B | 3.8× | 22 | $7B | 7,994 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | $185B | 12.9× | 20 | $3.1B | 1,296 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | $80.6B | 10.7× | 24 | $3.9B | 1,640 |
| 9 | Indonesia | $66.7B | 5.5× | 11 | $485.6M | 1,223 |
| 10 | Taiwan | $56.9B | 7.3× | 12 | $211.9M | 672 |
| 11 | Türkiye | $52.8B | 16.0× | 10 | $717.2M | 2,093 |
| 34 | Iraq | $136.3M | — | 0 | $2.1M | 27 |
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