Morocco
Africa · Pop. 38.1M
1 Overview
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Morocco
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Morocco, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Morocco - 2024–2026
3 Startup hubs
Inside Morocco: 1 startup hub, 75 universities
Hubs are sized by combined enterprise value; universities and research institutes by the startup founders they produced. Hover any point for its numbers; the lists rank hubs by EV and universities by founders.
4 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.
* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.
5 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Morocco
VC investment into Morocco-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
6 Founder origins
Where Morocco's unicorn founders build
6 founders born in Morocco are behind 5 unicorns; 60% 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 Morocco stacks up
Compare Morocco 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. Morocco's row is highlighted (#9).
| # | 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 |
| 12 | Uganda | $629.9M | 28.7× | 0 | $12.1M | 129 |
8 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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