KenyaPlatform
Africa · Pop. 56.4M
1 Enterprise value
How much Kenya’s VC-backed companies are worth
Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in Kenya, founded since 1990 and still operating, at the end of each year. Companies stay in the total after they list or are acquired.
2 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Kenya
VC investment into Kenya-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
3 Startup funnel
Kenya's startup funnel
Companies headquartered in Kenya at each stage today, by total VC raised. Hover a bar for the split.
Source: Dealroom.co
4 Latest quarter
Kenya's latest quarter in venture capital
VC raised by Kenya-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.
Latest complete quarter
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5 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Kenya
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Kenya, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Kenya - 2024–2026
6 Startup hubs
Inside Kenya: 1 startup hub, 58 universities
Hubs are sized by combined enterprise value; universities by the startup founders they produced. Hover any point for its numbers; the lists rank hubs by EV and universities by founders.
7 Founder origins
Where Kenya's unicorn founders build
2 founders born in Kenya are behind 2 unicorns; 50% 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.
8 Location comparison
How Kenya stacks up
Compare Kenya 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. Kenya's row is highlighted (#4).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | $19.8B | 6.0× | 2 | $373.4M | 993 |
| 2 | Nigeria | $17.3B | 11.9× | 5 | $137.9M | 966 |
| 3 | Egypt | $12.3B | 9.6× | 4 | $230M | 860 |
| 4 | Kenya | $9.3B | 10.6× | 1 | $444.8M | 546 |
| 5 | Seychelles | $2.7B | — | 1 | $15.8M | 46 |
| 6 | Senegal | $2B | 98.9× | 1 | $13.5M | 51 |
| 7 | Mauritius | $1.9B | 29.4× | 0 | $19.5M | 43 |
| 8 | Ghana | $1.4B | 4.6× | 0 | $146.9M | 198 |
| 9 | Morocco | $1.2B | 16.1× | 0 | $20.4M | 150 |
| 10 | Tunisia | $1.1B | 37.3× | 0 | $5.3M | 116 |
| 11 | Algeria | $959.1M | — | 0 | $5.3M | 45 |
| 12 | Rwanda | $705.6M | 5.8× | 0 | $13.2M | 61 |
9 Patent intelligence
Kenya startup IP portfolio: 24 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Kenya. Aggregated across the country's hub-level filings — Bay Area, Boston, etc. roll up under the United States row, the same way Tokyo and Osaka roll up under Japan.
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