1 Overview
2 Latest quarter
Iraq's latest quarter in venture capital
Venture capital raised by Iraq-headquartered companies each quarter since 2020, split by round size, with detail on the latest complete quarter.
Latest complete quarter
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3 Enterprise value
How much Iraq’s VC-backed companies are worth
Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in Iraq, founded since 1990 and still operating, at the end of each year. Companies stay in the total after they list or are acquired.
4 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Iraq
VC investment into Iraq-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
5 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Iraq
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Iraq, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Iraq - 2024–2026
6 Founder origins
Where Iraq's unicorn founders build
4 founders born in Iraq are behind 4 unicorns; 50% of those were built in the US. Origins are resolved from biography and education history, not current address. Compare with the other origin countries in Asia, ranked by founders or per 1M inhabitants.
7 Location comparison
How Iraq stacks up
Compare Iraq with similarly sized ecosystems in Asia — switch between combined EV, 5-year EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top ecosystems in Asia ranked by combined EV. Iraq's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $5.8T | 3.1× | 547 | $34.8B | 25.3K |
| 2 | India | $932B | 7.5× | 138 | $14.1B | 13.9K |
| 3 | Israel | $568B | 5.3× | 136 | $10.7B | 4,978 |
| 4 | South Korea | $433B | 15.2× | 52 | $8.2B | 8,178 |
| 5 | Singapore | $330B | 8.5× | 44 | $4B | 4,134 |
| 6 | Japan | $226B | 5.7× | 23 | $5.1B | 8,015 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | $184B | 13.3× | 20 | $3.1B | 1,301 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | $82.3B | 12.1× | 25 | $3.4B | 1,664 |
| 9 | Indonesia | $65.9B | 5.4× | 11 | $485.6M | 1,226 |
| 10 | Türkiye | $52.9B | 15.5× | 10 | $717.2M | 2,097 |
| 11 | Taiwan | $41.8B | 5.5× | 12 | $211.9M | 681 |
| 34 | Iraq | $136.3M | — | 0 | $2.1M | 27 |
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