Cape Town
Metro area · South Africa · Pop. 3.7M
Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Cape Town
A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Cape Town-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Cape Town - 2026
Startup funnel
Cape Town'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.
* C→Unicorn and Unicorn→Decacorn rates are derived from current counts (no founding-cohort data); the four mid-funnel rates use Dealroom's cohort tracking.
VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Cape Town
VC investment into Cape Town-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
Academia
Cape Town's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Cape Town.
Location comparison
How Cape Town stacks up
Compare Cape Town with peers from the same country (South Africa) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
More data
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Live company-by-company deal flow, full cap tables, founder pedigrees, hiring signals and revenue trajectories.