Senegal
Africa · Pop. 18.5M
1 Overview
* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Senegal
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a Senegal-headquartered company, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Senegal - 2024–2026
3 Startup hubs
Inside Senegal: 1 startup hub, 18 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.
4 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Senegal
VC investment into Senegal-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
5 Founder origins
Where Senegal's unicorn founders build
1 founders born in Senegal are behind 1 unicorns; 0% 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 Africa, ranked by founders or per 1M inhabitants.
6 Location comparison
How Senegal stacks up
Compare Senegal with similarly sized ecosystems in Africa — 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 Africa ranked by combined EV. Senegal's row is highlighted (#6).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | $18.8B | 8.4× | 2 | $366.5M | 975 |
| 2 | Nigeria | $17.3B | 11.8× | 5 | $137.7M | 936 |
| 3 | Egypt | $12.3B | 9.7× | 4 | $416.9M | 844 |
| 4 | Kenya | $8.9B | 10.2× | 1 | $439.4M | 535 |
| 5 | Seychelles | $3.1B | — | 1 | $15.8M | 46 |
| 6 | Senegal | $2B | 98.9× | 1 | $13.5M | 52 |
| 7 | Mauritius | $1.9B | 29.4× | 0 | $19.5M | 43 |
| 8 | Ghana | $1.4B | 4.6× | 0 | $146.9M | 195 |
| 9 | Morocco | $1.2B | 15.5× | 0 | $20.2M | 145 |
| 10 | Tunisia | $1.1B | 37.2× | 0 | $5.2M | 111 |
| 11 | Rwanda | $705M | 5.8× | 0 | $13.2M | 58 |
| 12 | Uganda | $539.9M | 24.6× | 0 | $12.1M | 126 |
7 Patent intelligence
Senegal startup IP portfolio: 3 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Senegal. 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.
8 Premium analytics
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