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Dakar

Metro area · Senegal · Pop. 4M

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28 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

11 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

4 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 32%

25Startups

12 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

6 Seed Startups$1–4M

7 Series A Startups$4–15M

2Breakouts

1 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

1 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

1Scaleups

1 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 3.6%

1Valuation Outcomes

1 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 3.6%

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Dakar

A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into Dakar-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in Dakar - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Dakar-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Dakar

VC investment into Dakar-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.

Academia

Dakar's academic flywheel

Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Dakar.

University-linked startup formation

Total alumni-founded companies

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Location comparison

How Dakar stacks up

Compare Dakar with peers from the same country (Senegal) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

$14.3B

$11.6B

$9.3B

$8.1B

$7.3B

Dakar

$2B