# Where Startups in East Asia Are Based: 2026 Map of 4,721 Companies

> Map of where 4,721 funded startups in East Asia are based, city by city: Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing lead. $341B raised between them.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/geo-maps/where-east-asia-startups-are-based (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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

## Leading cities

- Tokyo 339 $5.9B
- Seoul 245 $4.1B
- Beijing 166 $48B
- Shanghai 118 $6.8B
- Hong Kong 93 $3.1B
- Minato 49 $1.2B
- Shibuya 49 $486M
- Shenzhen 40 $2.8B
- Seongnam-si 33 $1.5B
- Hangzhou 28 $4.2B
- Guangzhou 18 $1.0B
- Osaka 18 $85M
- Shen Zhen Shi 17 $699M
- Fukuoka 17 $649M
- Chuo City 17 $180M

## By country

- China 2,167 $285B
- Japan 1,290 $24B
- South Korea 865 $16B
- Hong Kong SAR China 327 $14B
- Taiwan 65 $1.6B
- Mongolia 7 $107M

## Best-funded

- [**ByteDance** China · $33B](https://millionrounds.com/company/bytedance)
- [**DeepSeek** China · $24B](https://millionrounds.com/company/deepseek)
- [*AF* **Ant Financial** China · $14B](https://millionrounds.com/company/ant-financial)
- [**Didi Chuxing** China · $11B](https://millionrounds.com/company/didi-chuxing)
- [**Moonshot AI** China · $6.7B](https://millionrounds.com/company/moonshot-ai)
- [**Pinduoduo** China · $4.4B](https://millionrounds.com/company/pinduoduo)
- [**Koubei** China · $4.1B](https://millionrounds.com/company/koubei)
- [*M* **Meituan-Dianping** China · $4.0B](https://millionrounds.com/company/meituan-dianping)
- [*J* **JD.com** China · $3.8B](https://millionrounds.com/company/jd-com)
- [*C* **Coupang** South Korea · $3.4B](https://millionrounds.com/company/coupang)
- [**Ele.me** China · $3.3B](https://millionrounds.com/company/ele-me)
- [*KA* **Kling AI** China · $3.0B](https://millionrounds.com/company/kling-ai)

**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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