New Zealand
Oceania · Pop. 5.3M · #25 startup ecosystem by EV
Enterprise value · 2015–2025
New Zealand grew 40.1× since 2015
Combined enterprise value of every tracked startup headquartered in New Zealand that's still operating today — public and private companies combined, totalled by founding-year cohort.
Adjacent ecosystems by EV
Startup hubs
Inside New Zealand: top 2 startup hubs
Sub-national ecosystems ranked by combined enterprise value, paired with their 5-year growth multiplier.
Startup funnel
New Zealand'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.
Notable companies
Top private companies in New Zealand
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
Academia
New Zealand's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to New Zealand.
Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems
How New Zealand stacks up
Peers chosen from the same Oceania cluster within ±70% of New Zealand's combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size for the wider continent — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.
Top overview
Oceania ecosystems — combined view
Top ecosystems in Oceania ranked by combined EV. New Zealand's row is highlighted.
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | $294B | 9.3× | 44 | $3.8B | 4,984 |
| 2 | New Zealand | $73.7B | 21.8× | 8 | $1.6B | 641 |
| 3 | Marshall Islands | $221.3M | — | 0 | $0 | 12 |
| 4 | Samoa | $186M | — | 0 | $0 | 2 |
| 5 | Federated States of Micronesia | $40.5M | — | 0 | $0 | 9 |
| 6 | Papua New Guinea | $29.4M | — | 0 | $5M | 1 |
| 7 | Fiji | $6.3M | — | 0 | $0 | 3 |
| 8 | Tuvalu | $1.8M | — | 0 | $0 | 3 |
Patent intelligence
New Zealand startup IP portfolio: 668 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in New Zealand. 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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