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Where startups in East Asia are based

4,721 funded startups in East Asia have raised money in rounds we track, $341B between them. 1,808 of them are placed on the map by their city; Tokyo leads with 339, then Seoul with 245.

4,721startups

160+cities on the map

$341Braised between them

Tokyoleading city (339)

Each circle is a city, sized by how many startups are based there. Countries are shaded by their count.

Leading cities

Tokyo339$5.9B
Seoul245$4.1B
Beijing166$48B
Shanghai118$6.8B
Hong Kong93$3.1B
Minato49$1.2B
Shibuya49$486M
Shenzhen40$2.8B
Seongnam-si33$1.5B
Hangzhou28$4.2B
Guangzhou18$1.0B
Osaka18$85M
Shen Zhen Shi17$699M
Fukuoka17$649M
Chuo City17$180M

By country

China2,167$285B
Japan1,290$24B
South Korea865$16B
Hong Kong SAR China327$14B
Taiwan65$1.6B
Mongolia7$107M

Best-funded

How this map is made. Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. Each is placed at the city we hold for it, matched to that city's position in GeoNames (cities of 15,000 people or more; geonames.org, CC BY 4.0); startups without a city on record count in the totals but not on the map. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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