World
Continent / region · #1 region by EV
* 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 Global
A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into globally headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Global - 2026
VC investment
How much venture capital flows into World
VC investment into World-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
Academia
World's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to World.
| # | University | City | Unicorns | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸Stanford University | Stanford, CA | 478 | 12.2K |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | 320 | 8,290 |
| 3 | 🇺🇸MIT | Cambridge, MA | 295 | 8,708 |
| 4 | 🇨🇳Tsinghua University | Beijing | 200 | 785 |
| 5 | 🇺🇸UC Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | 190 | 8,176 |
| 6 | 🇺🇸University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | 165 | 3,294 |
| 7 | 🇬🇧University of Cambridge | Cambridge | 140 | 5,716 |
| 8 | 🇮🇱Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv | 130 | 3,682 |
Location comparison
How World stacks up
Compare World 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. World's row is highlighted (#1).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World | $43.3T | 5.4× | 3,975 | $444B | 291.8K |
| 2 | North America | $31.2T | 6.2× | 2,380 | $289B | 123.4K |
| 3 | Asia | $8.8T | 3.9× | 971 | $86.3B | 75.1K |
| 4 | EMEA | $4.2T | 4.4× | 898 | $83.7B | 90.7K |
| 5 | Europe | $3.4T | 4.1× | 724 | $67.8B | 76.3K |
| 6 | European Union | $1.9T | 3.9× | 428 | $37.4B | 49K |
| 7 | Nordics | $574B | 5.2× | 109 | $8.2B | 8,300 |
| 8 | South America | $501B | 11.2× | 71 | $4.8B | 8,704 |
| 9 | Oceania | $338B | 9.7× | 56 | $5.4B | 5,721 |
| 10 | Central Eastern Europe | $192B | 5.3× | 58 | $2.3B | 7,193 |
| 11 | MENA | $130B | 12.6× | 32 | $5.9B | 4,513 |
| 12 | Africa | $72.2B | 10.5× | 14 | $1.6B | 4,553 |
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