Uganda
Africa · Pop. 50M
1 Overview
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Uganda
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a Uganda-headquartered company, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Uganda - 2024–2026
3 Startup hubs
Inside Uganda: 1 startup hub, 22 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 Startup funnel
Uganda's power-law funnel
From the first cheque written to a $10B+ outcome. Each arrow shows what fraction of companies at one stage graduate to the next, tracked by founding cohort.
* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.
5 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Uganda
VC investment into Uganda-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
6 Notable companies
Top private companies in Uganda
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
7 Founder origins
Where Uganda's unicorn founders build
1 founders born in Uganda are behind 1 unicorns; 100% 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.
8 Location comparison
How Uganda stacks up
Compare Uganda 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. Uganda's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | 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 |
9 Premium analytics
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