Pakistan
Asia · Pop. 251.3M
1 Overview
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Pakistan
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a Pakistan-headquartered company, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Pakistan - 2026
3 Startup funnel
Pakistan'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.
4 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Pakistan
VC investment into Pakistan-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage. Live from the Dealroom Next Gen API.
5 Academia
Pakistan's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Pakistan.
| # | University | City | Founders | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lahore University of Management Sciences | Lahore | 207 | 245 |
| 2 | National University of Science and Technology | Islamabad | 198 | 198 |
| 3 | Karachi University | Karachi | 195 | 215 |
6 Location comparison
How Pakistan stacks up
Compare Pakistan 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. Pakistan's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $5.8T | 3.1× | 504 | $33.9B | 24.8K |
| 2 | India | $924B | 7.5× | 128 | $13.9B | 13.4K |
| 3 | Israel | $602B | 5.6× | 132 | $10.9B | 4,784 |
| 4 | South Korea | $430B | 15.4× | 45 | $8.3B | 7,983 |
| 5 | Singapore | $321B | 8.6× | 40 | $4B | 3,946 |
| 6 | Japan | $223B | 5.6× | 21 | $4.5B | 7,858 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | $179B | 12.4× | 20 | $3.1B | 1,235 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | $76.4B | 10.2× | 22 | $3.9B | 1,580 |
| 9 | Indonesia | $64.9B | 5.0× | 12 | $485.4M | 1,214 |
| 10 | Taiwan | $61.3B | 8.1× | 9 | $209.1M | 626 |
| 11 | Türkiye | $52.6B | 16.1× | 9 | $714.6M | 2,040 |
| 19 | Pakistan | $4.2B | 7.5× | 0 | $59.8M | 338 |
7 Premium analytics
What we don't show on this page (yet)
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