KazakhstanPlatform
Asia · Pop. 20.6M · #40 startup ecosystem by EV
Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Kazakhstan
A live treemap of $100M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a Kazakhstan-headquartered company, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Kazakhstan - 2026
Startup funnel
Kazakhstan'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.
VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Kazakhstan
VC investment into Kazakhstan-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage. Live from the Dealroom Next Gen API.
Notable companies
Top private companies in Kazakhstan
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
Academia
Kazakhstan's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Kazakhstan.
Location comparison
How Kazakhstan stacks up
Compare Kazakhstan 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. Kazakhstan's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $5.8T | 3.1× | 491 | $33.8B | 24.7K |
| 2 | India | $924B | 7.5× | 127 | $13.9B | 13.3K |
| 3 | Israel | $602B | 5.6× | 131 | $10.9B | 4,775 |
| 4 | South Korea | $430B | 15.4× | 45 | $8.2B | 7,962 |
| 5 | Singapore | $319B | 8.5× | 39 | $4B | 3,928 |
| 6 | Japan | $233B | 5.5× | 20 | $4.4B | 7,820 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | $179B | 12.4× | 20 | $3.1B | 1,233 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | $76.4B | 10.2× | 22 | $3.9B | 1,572 |
| 9 | Indonesia | $64.8B | 5.0× | 12 | $485.4M | 1,213 |
| 10 | Taiwan | $61.3B | 8.1× | 8 | $209.1M | 624 |
| 11 | Türkiye | $52.6B | 16.0× | 8 | $714.6M | 2,038 |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | $21.1B | 341.5× | 4 | $73.8M | 137 |
Patent intelligence
Kazakhstan startup IP portfolio: 3 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Kazakhstan. 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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