KazakhstanPlatform
Asia · Pop. 20.6M · #41 startup ecosystem by EV
1 Overview
* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Kazakhstan
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Kazakhstan, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Kazakhstan - 2024–2026
3 Startup hubs
Inside Kazakhstan: 2 startup hubs, 33 universities
Hubs are sized by combined enterprise value; universities by the startup founders they produced. Hover any point for its numbers; the lists rank hubs by EV and universities by founders.
4 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.
5 Founder origins
Where Kazakhstan's unicorn founders build
4 founders born in Kazakhstan are behind 3 unicorns; 33% 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.
6 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 | 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 |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | $21.1B | 311.3× | 4 | $73.8M | 142 |
7 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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