The Startup Ecosystem of Daegu
Daegu has 18 startups in our sample database. This represents about 1% of South Korea’s startups. Daegu is the 5th best startup ecosystem in South Korea.
CITY RANKING
Daegu is a new entry in the 2024 Global Startup Ecosystem Index, having now positioned itself as 1052nd worldwide.
National Ranking
In South Korea
Regional Ranking
In East Asia
Global Ranking
Worldwide
Ecosystem
Startup Ecosystem Overview
Startups
Daegu Top Startup Industries
Ecosystem HealthCheck
Daegu Ecosystem Health Check
The health check tables allow you to look at the performance Daegu has in each of the parameters that are part of StartupBlink's ranking algorithm. There are five tables, corresponding to the three subscores, the subscore analysis and industry ana...
- Overperformance
- Performance equal to global ranking
- Underperformance
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Startup Funding in Daegu2017 - 2024
Startup Funding in Daegu 2017 - 2024
From 2022 to 2023, startup funding in Daegu has increased by 10.82%. During this period, the number of deals in Daegu has decreased by 80%. Since 2017, total startup funding in Daegu exceeded US$ $175.43M.
Average Funding in 2023
$25.33M
Funding in 2023
$25.33M
Deals in 2023
1
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Amount of Funding (USD)
Number of Deals
Ecosystem
The Startup Ecosystem in Daegu
Global Rank
Daegu is ranked below the top 1000 startup ecosystems globally.
Top Industries
Daegu’s startups excel particularly in Software & Data and in Healthtech, and Hardware & IoT. Find out more
Top Cities for Startups in South Korea - Ranked by StartupBlink
2024 National Rank  | City | Global Rank |  | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st 0 | 21st + 3 | 36.838 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
2nd + 1 | 366th + 78 | 0.973 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
3rd + 1 | 429th + 69 | 0.689 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
4th - 2 | 458th - 52 | 0.595 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
5th new | 1052nd new | 0.100 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 | |
6th new | 1084th new | 0.091 | 00.00 | 00.00 | 00.00 |
ECOSYSTEM
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