Nairobi
Metro area · Kenya · Pop. 10.4M
Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Nairobi
A live treemap of $100M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into Nairobi-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Nairobi - 2026
Startup funnel
Nairobi'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 Nairobi
VC investment into Nairobi-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage. Live from the Dealroom Next Gen API.
Notable companies
Top private companies in Nairobi
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
Academia
Nairobi's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Nairobi.
Location comparison
How Nairobi stacks up
Compare Nairobi with peers from the same country (Kenya) — 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.
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