Asia
Continent / region · Pop. 4694.6M · #4 region by EV
Enterprise value
How much Asia’s VC-backed companies are worth
Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in Asia, founded since 1990 and still operating, at the end of each year. Companies stay in the total after they list or are acquired.
VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Asia
VC investment into Asia-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
Startup funnel
Asia's startup funnel
Companies headquartered in Asia at each stage today, by total VC raised. Hover a bar for the split.
Source: Dealroom.co
Quarterly report
Asia's latest quarter in venture capital
VC raised by companies in Asia in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.
Latest complete quarter
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Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Asia
A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Asia-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Asia - 2026
Country leaders
Which Asia countries raise the most — and grow the fastest
VC investment by country across Asia. Pick a year (the current year is year-to-date) and switch between the biggest markets and the fastest-growing ones.
Academia
Asia's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Asia.
| # | University | City | Unicorns | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇨🇳Tsinghua University | Beijing | 200 | 906 |
| 2 | 🇮🇱Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv | 130 | 3,943 |
| 3 | 🇨🇳Peking University | Beijing | 130 | 659 |
| 4 | 🇮🇱Technion – Israel Institute of Technology | Haifa | 120 | 2,323 |
| 5 | 🇮🇳IIT Bombay | Mumbai | 90 | 1,927 |
| 6 | 🇮🇳IIT Delhi | New Delhi | 75 | 943 |
| 7 | 🇮🇱Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Jerusalem | 60 | 1,889 |
| 8 | 🇮🇳Indian Institute of Science (IISc) | Bengaluru | 28 | 394 |
Location comparison
How Asia stacks up
Compare Asia with peers from other continents / multi-country regions — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top regions globally ranked by combined EV. Asia's row is highlighted (#3).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World | $43.6T | 5.4× | 4,176 | $448B | 297.6K |
| 2 | North America | $31T | 6.2× | 2,490 | $289B | 124.7K |
| 3 | Asia | $8.9T | 3.9× | 1,032 | $88.2B | 76.9K |
| 4 | EMEA | $4.5T | 4.7× | 926 | $86.8B | 93.2K |
| 5 | Europe | $3.7T | 4.5× | 749 | $71.6B | 78.3K |
| 6 | European Union | $2.2T | 4.4× | 449 | $37.9B | 49.9K |
| 7 | Nordics | $562B | 5.0× | 110 | $8.4B | 8,600 |
| 8 | South America | $507B | 10.8× | 73 | $4.9B | 8,991 |
| 9 | Oceania | $343B | 9.8× | 57 | $5.4B | 5,884 |
| 10 | Central Eastern Europe | $191B | 5.2× | 64 | $2.3B | 7,426 |
| 11 | MENA | $132B | 13.6× | 34 | $5.1B | 4,670 |
| 12 | Africa | $74.3B | 9.4× | 14 | $1.5B | 4,686 |
Sector concentration
Where Asia punches above its weight
Sectors in which Asia's share of the global unicorn pool is bigger than its overall share. A 5× over-index means Asia 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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