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Johannesburg

Metro area · South Africa · Pop. 4.4M

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147 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
100 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
28 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 28%
122Startups
66 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
41 Seed Startups$1–4M
15 Series A Startups$4–15M
20Breakouts
15 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
5 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
5Scaleups
2 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 1.4%
3 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 2.0%
2Valuation Outcomes
2 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 1.4%
Pre-Seed
66
Seed
41
Series A
15
Series B
15
Series C
5
Unicorn
2

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Johannesburg

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

Largest rounds in Johannesburg - 2026

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

How much venture capital flows into Johannesburg

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

Academia

Johannesburg's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
15
University spinouts
171
Total alumni-founded companies
124
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
30
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
17
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Johannesburg stacks up

Compare Johannesburg 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.

Lagos
$14.3B
Cairo
$11.6B
Johannesburg
$9.3B
Nairobi
$8.1B
Cape Town
$7.3B
Dakar
$2B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Country South Africa Africa · Pop. 64M · #42 startup ecosystem by EV Region Africa Continent / region · #43 region by EV

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