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Kyoto Prefecture

State · Japan · Pop. 2.5M

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Featured in #81World regions by EV
$5.4B+51%
Combined startup EV
$348.1M
VC invested (last 12mo)
179
Tracked startups
🦄 Unicorns
0
0 live · +0 new in 2025 (incl. 0 new decacorns)
💎 Decacorns
0
—
🐎 Thoroughbreds
0
Top 1% growth · $500M+

Adjacent regions by EV

#78Valencia #79Western Australia #80Montana #81Kyoto Prefecture #82Rhode Island #83Oklahoma #84Tasmania

Startup funnel

Kyoto Prefecture'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.

Pre-Seed
34
Seed
36
Series A
26
Series B
15
Series C
5

* 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.

Academia

Kyoto Prefecture's academic flywheel

Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Kyoto Prefecture.

University-linked startup formation
36
University spinouts
90
Total alumni-founded companies
55
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
30
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
5
Scaleups ($100M+)

Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems

How Kyoto Prefecture stacks up

Peers chosen from the same country (Japan), sized closest to Kyoto Prefecture by combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.

Combined enterprise value
Iowa
$18B
Arkansas
$17.2B
Hamburg
$16.7B
Queensland
$15.9B
Idaho
$15.8B
Kentucky
$15.5B
Vermont
$14.8B
Hesse
$14.5B
Kyoto Prefecture
$5.4B
EV growth (5-yr ×) vs current EV
peer median 4.8× 1.6× 16.9× 32.2× $5.2B $480B $44.1T EV growth (5yr ×) Combined enterprise value (log) World North America California Asia Western United States (Pacific, excl. Bay Area) EMEA Europe Northeastern United States Washington (State) Texas European Union New York State Southeastern United States Massachusetts Florida Midwestern United States Nordics South America Ontario Oceania Western United States (Mountain) Illinois Pennsylvania New Jersey New South Wales Kyoto Prefecture

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Sector breakdown
Where Kyoto Prefecture's unicorns concentrate
Fintech
AI / Enterprise SW
Health Tech
Biotech
Cybersecurity
Consumer
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Capital autonomy
Kyoto Prefecture's domestic vs foreign capital mix
% domestic VC by stage
Cross-border lead investors
Sovereign-fund participation
Foreign-LP exposure
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Recent momentum
Kyoto Prefecture's VC investment trajectory by stage
2024 vs 2025 by stage
Round-size trends
Stage-conversion deltas
Quarterly velocity
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Founder origins
Where Kyoto Prefecture's startup founders come from
By country of origin
Per capita
Top universities
Top alumni-factory companies
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AI talent
Top employers of AI talent in Kyoto Prefecture
Core AI roles
Frontier AI roles
YoY hiring growth
Senior + lead engineers
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Deal flow
Live deal flow & funding rounds in Kyoto Prefecture
New rounds last 30 days
Stage breakdown
Active investors
Round-size trends
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