Top Startup Exits in East Asia for 2025

In East Asia, we rank 183 startup exits based on an algorithm that considers factors such as total investment, quarterly employee count, and website traffic. Startup exits in East Asia are exceeding the performance of their global counterparts.

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Top Startup Exits in East Asia for 2025

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Youku is a video-sharing website that enables users to search, view, and share high-quality video content across multiple devices.

Industry:
Marketing & Sales
Subindustry:
Marketing & Sales-Other

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Jianzhi Daren offers employers and applicants, enabling recruiters to get access to resources and empowering college students to find reliable part-time jobs. It provides part-time recruitment services. For inquiries, their email address and telephone number are available on their website.

Industry:
Software & Data
Subindustry:
Enterprise Technology

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Total amount:183

Best Software & Data Startup Exits in East Asia for 2025

East Asia exits in the Software & Data industry are overperforming their global industry peers. The top three Software & Data exits in East Asia have raised more than USD 9.64B, an amount that is higher than the global industry average.
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Jianzhi Daren offers employers and applicants, enabling recruiters to get access to resources and empowering college students to find reliable part-time jobs. It provides part-time recruitment services. For inquiries, their email address and telephone number are available on their website.

Industry:
Software & Data
Subindustry:
Enterprise Technology

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SenseTime is a leading AI software company focused on creating a better AI-empowered future through innovation. Upholding a vision of advancing the interconnection of physical and digital worlds with AI, driving sustainable productivity growth and seamless interactive experiences, SenseTime is committed to advancing AI research, developing scalable and affordable AI software platforms that benefit businesses, people, and society, as well as attract and nurture top talents to shape the future together. With their roots in the academic world, we invest in original and cutting-edge research that allows them to offer and continuously improve industry-leading, full-stack AI capabilities, covering key fields across perception intelligence, decision intelligence, AI-enabled content generation, and AI-enabled content enhancement, as well as key capabilities in AI chips, sensors and computing infrastructure. Their proprietary AI infrastructure, SenseCore, allows us to develop powerful and efficient AI software platforms that are scalable and adaptable for a wide range of applications. Their technologies are trusted by customers and partners in many industry verticals including Smart Business, Smart City, Smart Life, and Smart Auto. SenseTime has been actively involved in the development of national and international industry standards on data security, privacy protection, ethical and sustainable AI. As of June 30, 2021, SenseTime has participated in the formulation of over 80 national or international industry standards, working closely with multiple domestic and multilateral institutions on ethical and sustainable AI development. SenseTime was the only AI company in Asia to have its Code of Ethics for AI Sustainable Development selected by the United Nations as one of the key publication references in the United Nations Resource Guide on AI Strategies published in June 2021. They have offices in markets including Hong Kong, Mainland China, Macau, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, among others, as well as a presence in Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

Industry:
Software & Data
Subindustry:
Artificial Intelligence

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Skymoons develops and offers online mobile games. It began operation in 2014, with headquarters in Chengdu in China and branches in South Korea, Scotland, and some cities in China.

Industry:
Software & Data
Subindustry:
Apps

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Largest Startup Exits in East Asia by Funding

The top three largest startup exits in East Asia have raised total funding of more than USD 1.07B. Among the top three funded exits, the most popular industry, based on total funding, is Ecommerce & Retail.
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Pinduoduo is an e-commerce platform that allows users to participate in group buying deals, mostly through Tencent’s Wechat app.

Industry:
Ecommerce & Retail
Subindustry:
Mobile Commerce

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Total amount:183

Top Hiring Startup Exits in East Asia by Employee Size

The top three hiring startup exits in East Asia have an average employee size that is larger than to the global average. Among these, the Software & Data industry features the startup exit with the largest workforce.

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JMEV
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JMEV is a venture electric enterprise based on a global perspective that is committed to products with human-oriented temperatures. They specialize in the development, production, sales, and service of new energy vehicles.

Industry:
Marketing & Sales
Subindustry:
Marketing & Sales-Other

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Runergy is an international and integrated technology photovoltaic company focusing on the research, development, and production of high-efficiency solar cells and components.

Industry:
Energy & Environment
Subindustry:
Energy

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Lixiang, formerly known as Chehejia, is a car company that specializes in developing electric vehicles.

Industry:
Transportation
Subindustry:
Automotive

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Total amount:183

Best Countries for Startups
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United States
215.001
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United Kingdom
55.995
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Israel
51.557
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Canada
38.254
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Singapore
37.736
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Sweden
27.024
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Germany
25.830
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France
24.894
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The Netherlands
24.462
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Switzerland
24.081
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