Malaysia
Asia · Pop. 35.6M · #49 startup ecosystem by EV
Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Malaysia
A live treemap of $100M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a Malaysia-headquartered company, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Malaysia - 2026
Startup hubs
Inside Malaysia: top 1 startup hubs
Sub-national ecosystems ranked by combined enterprise value, paired with their 5-year growth multiplier.
Startup funnel
Malaysia'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 Malaysia
VC investment into Malaysia-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 Malaysia
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
Academia
Malaysia's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Malaysia.
Location comparison
How Malaysia stacks up
Compare Malaysia 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. Malaysia'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 |
| 16 | Malaysia | $13.2B | 4.7× | 2 | $213.4M | 880 |
Patent intelligence
Malaysia startup IP portfolio: 15.9K patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Malaysia. 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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What we don't show on this page (yet)
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Live company-by-company deal flow, full cap tables, founder pedigrees, hiring signals and revenue trajectories.