1 Overview
2 Latest quarter
Kuwait's latest quarter in venture capital
Venture capital raised by Kuwait-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 Kuwait’s VC-backed companies are worth
Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in Kuwait, 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 Kuwait
VC investment into Kuwait-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
5 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Kuwait
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Kuwait, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Kuwait - 2024–2026
6 Founder origins
Where Kuwait's unicorn founders build
3 founders born in Kuwait are behind 1 unicorns; 0% 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 Kuwait stacks up
Compare Kuwait 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. Kuwait'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 |
| 18 | Kuwait | $6.1B | 33.7× | 1 | $11M | 64 |
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