Morocco
Africa · Pop. 38.1M
Enterprise value · 2015–2025
Morocco grew 39.9× since 2015
Combined enterprise value of every tracked startup headquartered in Morocco that's still operating today — public and private companies combined, totalled by founding-year cohort.
Adjacent ecosystems by EV
Startup hubs
Inside Morocco: top 1 startup hubs
Sub-national ecosystems ranked by combined enterprise value, paired with their 5-year growth multiplier.
Startup funnel
Morocco'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.
Academia
Morocco's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Morocco.
Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems
How Morocco stacks up
Peers chosen from the same Africa cluster within ±70% of Morocco's combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size for the wider continent — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.
Top overview
Africa ecosystems — combined view
Top ecosystems in Africa ranked by combined EV. Morocco's row is highlighted.
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | $18.8B | 8.2× | 2 | $406.5M | 969 |
| 2 | Nigeria | $18.2B | 12.5× | 6 | $227.5M | 919 |
| 3 | Egypt | $12.3B | 9.6× | 4 | $416.9M | 834 |
| 4 | Kenya | $8.9B | 10.2× | 0 | $269.6M | 520 |
| 5 | Seychelles | $3.1B | — | 1 | $15.8M | 46 |
| 6 | Senegal | $2B | 98.9× | 1 | $13.5M | 52 |
| 7 | Mauritius | $1.9B | 29.4× | 0 | $19.5M | 42 |
| 8 | Ghana | $1.6B | 5.3× | 0 | $146.9M | 193 |
| 9 | Tunisia | $1.1B | 37.2× | 0 | $5.1M | 110 |
| 10 | Rwanda | $705M | 5.8× | 0 | $13.2M | 57 |
| 11 | Morocco | $653.2M | 8.4× | 0 | $20.2M | 146 |
| 12 | Benin | $601M | — | 0 | $100.1M | 20 |
Patent intelligence
Morocco startup IP portfolio: 45 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Morocco. 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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