EthiopiaPlatform
Africa · Pop. 132.1M
1 Overview
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Ethiopia
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Ethiopia, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Ethiopia - 2024–2026
3 Startup funnel
Ethiopia'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.
4 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Ethiopia
VC investment into Ethiopia-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
5 Founder origins
Where Ethiopia's unicorn founders build
2 founders born in Ethiopia are behind 2 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.
6 Location comparison
How Ethiopia stacks up
Compare Ethiopia 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. Ethiopia's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | $18.9B | 8.2× | 2 | $370.2M | 993 |
| 2 | Nigeria | $17.3B | 11.9× | 5 | $137.8M | 957 |
| 3 | Egypt | $12.4B | 9.8× | 4 | $420M | 855 |
| 4 | Kenya | $9B | 10.2× | 1 | $439.4M | 538 |
| 5 | Seychelles | $2.7B | — | 1 | $15.8M | 45 |
| 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 | 196 |
| 9 | Morocco | $1.2B | 16.0× | 0 | $20.2M | 149 |
| 10 | Tunisia | $1.1B | 37.2× | 0 | $5.2M | 112 |
| 11 | Rwanda | $705.6M | 5.8× | 0 | $13.2M | 59 |
| 15 | Ethiopia | $336M | — | 0 | $5.2M | 47 |
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