Thailand
Asia · Pop. 71.7M · #48 startup ecosystem by EV
Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Thailand
A live treemap of $100M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a Thailand-headquartered company, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Thailand - 2026
Startup funnel
Thailand'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.
VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Thailand
VC investment into Thailand-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage. Live from the Dealroom Next Gen API.
Notable companies
Top private companies in Thailand
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
Academia
Thailand's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Thailand.
Location comparison
How Thailand stacks up
Compare Thailand 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. Thailand's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $5.8T | 3.1× | 491 | $33.8B | 24.7K |
| 2 | India | $924B | 7.5× | 127 | $13.9B | 13.3K |
| 3 | Israel | $602B | 5.6× | 131 | $10.9B | 4,775 |
| 4 | South Korea | $430B | 15.4× | 45 | $8.2B | 7,962 |
| 5 | Singapore | $319B | 8.5× | 39 | $4B | 3,928 |
| 6 | Japan | $233B | 5.5× | 20 | $4.4B | 7,820 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | $179B | 12.4× | 20 | $3.1B | 1,233 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | $76.4B | 10.2× | 22 | $3.9B | 1,572 |
| 9 | Indonesia | $64.8B | 5.0× | 12 | $485.4M | 1,213 |
| 10 | Taiwan | $61.3B | 8.1× | 8 | $209.1M | 624 |
| 11 | Türkiye | $52.6B | 16.0× | 8 | $714.6M | 2,038 |
| 15 | Thailand | $13.8B | 6.2× | 3 | $181.9M | 381 |
Patent intelligence
Thailand startup IP portfolio: 122 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Thailand. 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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What we don't show on this page (yet)
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