Singapore
Asia · Pop. 5.8M · #11 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 Singapore
A live treemap of $40M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Singapore, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Singapore - 2024–2026
3 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Singapore
VC investment into Singapore-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
4 Founder origins
Where Singapore's unicorn founders build
18 founders born in Singapore are behind 14 unicorns; 50% 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.
5 Location comparison
How Singapore stacks up
Compare Singapore 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. Singapore's row is highlighted (#5).
| # | 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 |
| 12 | Vietnam | $34.4B | 15.3× | 4 | $461.5M | 623 |
6 Patent intelligence
Singapore startup IP portfolio: 7,630 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Singapore. 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.
7 Sector concentration
Where Singapore punches above its weight
Sectors in which Singapore's share of the global unicorn pool is bigger than its overall share. A 5× over-index means Singapore is 5× more represented in that sector than in the global average. Source: top-hub aggregation across the 18 simplified sectors.
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