Kuwait
Asia · Pop. 5M
1 Enterprise value
How much Kuwait’s VC-backed companies are worth
Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in Kuwait, founded since 1990 and still operating, at the end of each year. Companies stay in the total after they list or are acquired.
2 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Kuwait
VC investment into Kuwait-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
3 Overview
4 Latest quarter
Kuwait's latest quarter in venture capital
VC raised by Kuwait-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.
Latest complete quarter
Loading VC raised by Kuwait-headquartered companies…
5 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Kuwait
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Kuwait, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Kuwait - 2024–2026
6 Notable companies
Top private companies in Kuwait
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
7 Founder origins
Where Kuwait's unicorn founders build
3 founders born in Kuwait are behind 1 unicorns; 0% 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.
8 Location comparison
How Kuwait stacks up
Compare Kuwait 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. Kuwait's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $5.8T | 3.1× | 546 | $34.7B | 25.2K |
| 2 | India | $932B | 7.5× | 137 | $14.1B | 13.9K |
| 3 | Israel | $568B | 5.3× | 135 | $10.7B | 4,976 |
| 4 | South Korea | $433B | 15.2× | 52 | $8.2B | 8,177 |
| 5 | Singapore | $330B | 8.5× | 44 | $4B | 4,132 |
| 6 | Japan | $228B | 5.8× | 23 | $5.8B | 8,001 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | $184B | 13.3× | 20 | $3.1B | 1,299 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | $82.3B | 12.1× | 25 | $3.4B | 1,659 |
| 9 | Indonesia | $65.9B | 5.4× | 11 | $485.6M | 1,225 |
| 10 | Taiwan | $62.2B | 7.5× | 12 | $211.9M | 679 |
| 11 | Türkiye | $52.9B | 15.5× | 10 | $717.2M | 2,096 |
| 18 | Kuwait | $6.1B | 33.7× | 1 | $11M | 64 |
More data
Explore Dealroom data →Get the full Kuwait ecosystem on Dealroom
Live company-by-company deal flow, full cap tables, founder pedigrees, hiring signals and revenue trajectories.