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World

Continent / region · #1 region by EV

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207,311 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

63,608 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

21,428 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 34%

164,271Startups

66,841 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

54,499 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 23%

42,931 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 28%

33,801Breakouts

21,728 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 35%

12,073 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 34%

9,239Scaleups

6,093 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 2.9%

3,146 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.5%

4,031Valuation Outcomes

3,622 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.7%

372 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.18%

30 Centicorns($100B–1T valuation)

reach Centicorn 0.014%

7 Gigacorns($1T+ valuation)

reach Gigacorn 0.003%

Pre-Seed

66.8K

Seed

54.5K

Series A

42.9K

Series B

21.7K

Series C

12.1K

Unicorn

3,622

Decacorn

372

* 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

Every $100M+ VC round into globally headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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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 ranking By alumni-founded unicorns & companies

#	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
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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.

World

$43.6T

$31.1T

$8.8T

$4.5T

$3.7T

$2.2T

$574B

$503B

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×	4,033	$450B	294.4K
2	North America	$31.1T	6.2×	2,419	$290B	123K
3	Asia	$8.8T	3.9×	990	$89.5B	76.2K
4	EMEA	$4.5T	4.7×	906	$87.4B	92.4K
5	Europe	$3.7T	4.4×	730	$71.6B	77.7K
6	European Union	$2.2T	4.4×	434	$37.8B	49.7K
7	Nordics	$574B	5.1×	108	$8.2B	8,454
8	South America	$503B	11.1×	71	$4.8B	8,874
9	Oceania	$340B	9.7×	55	$5.4B	5,800
10	Central Eastern Europe	$191B	5.2×	61	$2.3B	7,283
11	MENA	$133B	12.7×	34	$5.9B	4,598
12	Africa	$72.3B	10.5×	14	$1.7B	4,641

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