United Arab Emirates
Asia · Pop. 10.9M · #23 startup ecosystem by EV · WithinWorldEMEAHigh Income Countries (UN definition)MENAMENA (incl. Israel)MENA (incl. Türkiye)MENAPMiddle EastNorthern Africa and Western AsiaAsiaGulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countriesUnited Arab Emirates
1 Startup funnel
United Arab Emirates's startup funnel
Companies headquartered in United Arab Emirates at each stage today, by total VC raised. Hover or tap a bar for the split.
Source: Dealroom.co
2 Latest quarter
United Arab Emirates's latest quarter in venture capital
Venture capital raised by United Arab Emirates-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 United Arab Emirates’s VC-backed companies are worth
Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in United Arab Emirates, 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 United Arab Emirates
VC investment into United Arab Emirates-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
5 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in United Arab Emirates
A live treemap of $40M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in United Arab Emirates, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in United Arab Emirates - 2024–2026
6 Startup hubs
Inside United Arab Emirates: 2 startup hubs, 74 universities
Hubs are sized by combined enterprise value; universities 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 United Arab Emirates's unicorn founders build
3 founders born in United Arab Emirates are behind 3 unicorns; 33% 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 United Arab Emirates stacks up
Compare United Arab Emirates 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. United Arab Emirates's row is highlighted (#8).
| # | 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 |
| 12 | Vietnam | $41.3B | 18.4× | 5 | $465.5M | 629 |
9 Patent intelligence
United Arab Emirates startup IP portfolio: 890 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in United Arab Emirates. 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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