World
Continent / region · Pop. 8305.2M · #1 region by EV
Enterprise value
How much World’s VC-backed companies are worth
Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in World, 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 World
VC investment into World-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
Startup funnel
World's startup funnel
Companies headquartered in World at each stage today, by total VC raised. Hover a bar for the split.
Source: Dealroom.co
Quarterly report
World's latest quarter in venture capital
VC raised by companies worldwide 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 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
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 | 13K |
| 2 | 🇺🇸Harvard University | Cambridge, MA | 320 | 9,055 |
| 3 | 🇺🇸MIT | Cambridge, MA | 295 | 9,472 |
| 4 | 🇨🇳Tsinghua University | Beijing | 200 | 906 |
| 5 | 🇺🇸UC Berkeley | Berkeley, CA | 190 | 8,909 |
| 6 | 🇺🇸University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | 165 | 3,653 |
| 7 | 🇬🇧University of Cambridge | Cambridge | 140 | 6,297 |
| 8 | 🇮🇱Tel Aviv University | Tel Aviv | 130 | 3,943 |
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 | $43.6T | 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 |
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