Pakistan
Asia · Pop. 251.3M
1 Overview
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Pakistan
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a Pakistan-headquartered company, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Pakistan - 2024–2026
3 Startup funnel
Pakistan's power-law funnel
From the first cheque written to a $10B+ outcome. Each arrow shows what fraction of companies at one stage graduate to the next, tracked by founding cohort.
* 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.
4 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Pakistan
VC investment into Pakistan-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
5 Founder origins
Where Pakistan's unicorn founders build
26 founders born in Pakistan are behind 22 unicorns; 82% 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.
6 Location comparison
How Pakistan stacks up
Compare Pakistan 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. Pakistan's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | $5.8T | 3.1× | 515 | $33.9B | 25K |
| 2 | India | $923B | 7.5× | 130 | $14B | 13.6K |
| 3 | Israel | $598B | 5.6× | 133 | $10.5B | 4,801 |
| 4 | South Korea | $432B | 15.4× | 48 | $8.3B | 8,099 |
| 5 | Singapore | $321B | 8.6× | 40 | $4B | 3,996 |
| 6 | Japan | $229B | 5.8× | 21 | $7B | 7,941 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | $179B | 12.4× | 21 | $3.1B | 1,251 |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | $77.4B | 10.4× | 24 | $3.9B | 1,600 |
| 9 | Indonesia | $64.9B | 5.0× | 12 | $485.4M | 1,219 |
| 10 | Taiwan | $61.5B | 8.1× | 10 | $209.1M | 629 |
| 11 | Türkiye | $52.6B | 16.0× | 10 | $714.6M | 2,048 |
| 19 | Pakistan | $4.2B | 7.5× | 0 | $59.8M | 341 |
7 Premium analytics
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