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Asia · Pop. 35.3M · #36 startup ecosystem by EV · WithinWorldEMEAG20High Income Countries (UN definition)MENAMENA (incl. Israel)MENA (incl. Türkiye)MENAPMiddle EastNorthern Africa and Western AsiaAsiaGulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countriesSaudi Arabia
1 Startup funnel
Saudi Arabia's startup funnel
Companies headquartered in Saudi Arabia at each stage today, by total VC raised. Hover or tap a bar for the split.
Source: Dealroom.co
2 Latest quarter
Saudi Arabia's latest quarter in venture capital
Venture capital raised by Saudi Arabia-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 Saudi Arabia’s VC-backed companies are worth
Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in Saudi Arabia, 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 Saudi Arabia
VC investment into Saudi Arabia-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
5 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Saudi Arabia
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Saudi Arabia, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Saudi Arabia - 2024–2026
6 Startup hubs
Inside Saudi Arabia: 1 startup hub, 74 universities
Hubs are sized by combined enterprise value; universities and research institutes by the startup founders they produced. Hover any point for its numbers; the lists rank hubs by EV and universities by founders.
7 Founder origins
Where Saudi Arabia's unicorn founders build
18 founders born in Saudi Arabia are behind 9 unicorns; 22% 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.
8 Location comparison
How Saudi Arabia stacks up
Compare Saudi Arabia 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. Saudi Arabia'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 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | $33.9B | 80.1× | 8 | $1.5B | 853 |
9 Patent intelligence
Saudi Arabia startup IP portfolio: 3,071 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Saudi Arabia. Aggregated across the country's hub-level filings — Bay Area, Boston, etc. roll up under the United States row, the same way Tokyo and Osaka roll up under Japan.
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