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Kazakhstan

Asia · Pop. 20.6M · #39 startup ecosystem by EV

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$21.2B+221%
Combined startup EV
$85.3M
VC invested (last 12mo)
136
Tracked startups
#45/ 67
Unicorns per 1M people · world rank
🦄 Unicorns
4
4 live · +1 new in 2025 (incl. 0 new decacorns)
💎 Decacorns
1
$10B+ tier
🐎 Thoroughbreds
4
Top 1% growth · $500M+

Enterprise value · 2015–2025

Kazakhstan grew 979.7× since 2015

Combined enterprise value of every tracked startup headquartered in Kazakhstan that's still operating today — public and private companies combined, totalled by founding-year cohort.

0 $7.5B $15B $22.5B $30B Kazakhstan · $21.2B 2015 2018 2021 2024 2025

Adjacent ecosystems by EV

Startup hubs

Inside Kazakhstan: top 2 startup hubs

Sub-national ecosystems ranked by combined enterprise value, paired with their 5-year growth multiplier.

By enterprise value
1 Almaty $18.6B
2 Astana $1.4B
By 5-yr EV growth
1 Almaty 737×
2 Astana 40×

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.

Pre-Seed
50
Seed
21
Series A
11
Series B
1
Unicorn
3
Decacorn
1

* 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.

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.

Decacorns $10B+ valuation 1
kaspi
Unicorns $1B+ valuation 3
Freedom HoldingHiggsfieldinDrive
Thoroughbreds+ $100M+ revenue 4
Freedom HoldingHiggsfieldkaspiinDrive

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.

University-linked startup formation
1
University spinouts
17
Total alumni-founded companies
11
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
5
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
1
Scaleups ($100M+)

Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems

How Kazakhstan stacks up

Peers chosen from the same Asia cluster within ±70% of Kazakhstan's combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size for the wider continent — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.

Combined enterprise value
$64.8B
$59.4B
$55.7B
$34.3B
$33.6B
Kazakhstan
$21.2B
$14.3B
$13.7B
EV growth (5-yr ×) vs current EV
peer median 9.0× 3.2× 172.9× 342.6× $12.3B $267B $5.8T EV growth (5yr ×) Combined enterprise value (log) China India Israel South Korea Singapore Japan Kazakhstan

Top overview

Asia ecosystems — combined view

Top ecosystems in Asia ranked by combined EV. Kazakhstan'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
14 Kazakhstan $21.2B 342.6× 4 $85.3M 136

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.

Granted patent families
3
Filed by tracked startups headquartered in the country.
0.15 patents per million residents · #65 globally
Top patenting hubs
1 Astana 2
2 Almaty 1

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Sector breakdown
Where Kazakhstan's unicorns concentrate
Fintech
AI / Enterprise SW
Health Tech
Biotech
Cybersecurity
Consumer
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Capital autonomy
Kazakhstan's domestic vs foreign capital mix
% domestic VC by stage
Cross-border lead investors
Sovereign-fund participation
Foreign-LP exposure
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Recent momentum
Kazakhstan's VC investment trajectory by stage
2024 vs 2025 by stage
Round-size trends
Stage-conversion deltas
Quarterly velocity
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Founder origins
Where Kazakhstan's startup founders come from
By country of origin
Per capita
Top universities
Top alumni-factory companies
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AI talent
Top employers of AI talent in Kazakhstan
Core AI roles
Frontier AI roles
YoY hiring growth
Senior + lead engineers
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Deal flow
Live deal flow & funding rounds in Kazakhstan
New rounds last 30 days
Stage breakdown
Active investors
Round-size trends
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