Sri Lanka
Asia · Pop. 21.9M
1 Overview
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Sri Lanka
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Sri Lanka, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Sri Lanka - 2024–2026
3 Startup funnel
Sri Lanka'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.
* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.
4 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Sri Lanka
VC investment into Sri Lanka-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
5 Founder origins
Where Sri Lanka's unicorn founders build
5 founders born in Sri Lanka are behind 4 unicorns; 75% 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 Sri Lanka stacks up
Compare Sri Lanka 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. Sri Lanka'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 |
| 33 | Sri Lanka | $227.3M | 8.1× | 0 | $0 | 312 |
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