Saudi ArabiaPlatform
Asia · Pop. 35.3M · #36 startup ecosystem by EV
1 Overview
* 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.
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Saudi Arabia
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Saudi Arabia, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Saudi Arabia - 2024–2026
3 Startup hubs
Inside Saudi Arabia: 1 startup hub, 74 universities
Hubs are sized by combined enterprise value; universities and research institutes by the startup founders they produced. Hover any point for its numbers; the lists rank hubs by EV and universities by founders.
4 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Saudi Arabia
VC investment into Saudi Arabia-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
5 Founder origins
Where Saudi Arabia's unicorn founders build
18 founders born in Saudi Arabia are behind 9 unicorns; 22% 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.
6 Location comparison
How Saudi Arabia stacks up
Compare Saudi Arabia 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. Saudi Arabia's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $5.8T | 3.1× | 521 | $34.5B | 25.1K |
| 2 | India | $925B | 7.5× | 131 | $14.1B | 13.7K |
| 3 | Israel | $578B | 5.4× | 133 | $10.6B | 4,860 |
| 4 | South Korea | $433B | 15.4× | 48 | $8.3B | 8,131 |
| 5 | Singapore | $322B | 8.5× | 40 | $4B | 4,063 |
| 6 | Japan | $229B | 5.8× | 21 | $7B | 7,960 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | $178B | 12.4× | 21 | $3.1B | 1,280 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | $79.1B | 10.5× | 24 | $3.9B | 1,617 |
| 9 | Indonesia | $64.9B | 5.0× | 12 | $485.4M | 1,221 |
| 10 | Taiwan | $61.9B | 7.6× | 12 | $209.1M | 653 |
| 11 | Türkiye | $52.7B | 16.0× | 10 | $716.6M | 2,072 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | $33.9B | 81.0× | 8 | $1.5B | 842 |
7 Patent intelligence
Saudi Arabia startup IP portfolio: 3,071 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Saudi Arabia. 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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