Mauritius
Africa · Pop. 1.3M
1 Enterprise value
How much Mauritius’s VC-backed companies are worth
Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in Mauritius, 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 Mauritius
VC investment into Mauritius-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
3 Startup funnel
Mauritius's startup funnel
Companies headquartered in Mauritius at each stage today, by total VC raised. Hover a bar for the split.
Source: Dealroom.co
4 Latest quarter
Mauritius's latest quarter in venture capital
VC raised by Mauritius-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 Mauritius
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Mauritius, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Mauritius - 2024–2026
6 Founder origins
Where Mauritius's unicorn founders build
1 founders born in Mauritius are behind 1 unicorns; 0% 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.
7 Location comparison
How Mauritius stacks up
Compare Mauritius 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. Mauritius's row is highlighted (#7).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | $19.8B | 6.0× | 2 | $373.4M | 994 |
| 2 | Nigeria | $17.3B | 11.9× | 5 | $137.9M | 967 |
| 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 |
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