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Osaka Prefecture

State · Japan · Pop. 8.8M

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264 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

81 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

33 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 41%

231Startups

109 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

76 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 40%

46 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 27%

30Breakouts

23 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

7 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

3Scaleups

3 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 1.1%

Pre-Seed

109

Seed

Series A

Series B

Series C

* 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.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Osaka Prefecture

A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Osaka Prefecture-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in Osaka Prefecture - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Osaka Prefecture-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Osaka Prefecture

VC investment into Osaka Prefecture-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.

Academia

Osaka Prefecture's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

Total alumni-founded companies

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Osaka Prefecture stacks up

Compare Osaka Prefecture with peers from the same country (Japan) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

$24.4B

$17.2B

$16.9B

$15.9B

$15B

$14.8B