Seychelles
Africa · Pop. 121K
1 Overview
2 Latest quarter
Seychelles's latest quarter in venture capital
VC raised by Seychelles-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.
Latest complete quarter
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3 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Seychelles
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Seychelles, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Seychelles - 2024–2026
4 Startup funnel
Seychelles'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 Seychelles
VC investment into Seychelles-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
6 Notable companies
Top private companies in Seychelles
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
7 Location comparison
How Seychelles stacks up
Compare Seychelles 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. Seychelles's row is highlighted (#5).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | $19.6B | 6.0× | 2 | $370.2M | 993 |
| 2 | Nigeria | $17.4B | 11.9× | 5 | $137.8M | 966 |
| 3 | Egypt | $12.9B | 10.1× | 4 | $230M | 859 |
| 4 | Kenya | $9.2B | 10.5× | 1 | $407.9M | 541 |
| 5 | Seychelles | $2.7B | — | 1 | $15.8M | 46 |
| 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 | 197 |
| 9 | Morocco | $1.2B | 16.1× | 0 | $20.2M | 149 |
| 10 | Tunisia | $1.1B | 37.3× | 0 | $5.3M | 114 |
| 11 | Algeria | $959.1M | — | 0 | $5.3M | 45 |
| 12 | Uganda | $759.5M | 34.6× | 0 | $12.1M | 129 |
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