Seychelles
Africa · Pop. 121K
Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Seychelles
A live treemap of $100M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a Seychelles-headquartered company, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Seychelles - 2026
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.
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. Live from the Dealroom Next Gen API.
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.
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 | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | $18.9B | 8.2× | 2 | $406.5M | 973 |
| 2 | Nigeria | $17.2B | 11.8× | 5 | $137.7M | 926 |
| 3 | Egypt | $12.3B | 9.6× | 4 | $416.9M | 838 |
| 4 | Kenya | $8.6B | 9.7× | 1 | $369.8M | 524 |
| 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 | $1.4B | 4.6× | 0 | $146.9M | 194 |
| 9 | Morocco | $1.2B | 15.5× | 0 | $20.2M | 145 |
| 10 | Tunisia | $1.1B | 37.2× | 0 | $5.2M | 110 |
| 11 | Rwanda | $705M | 5.8× | 0 | $13.2M | 58 |
| 12 | Uganda | $579.8M | 26.4× | 0 | $12.1M | 125 |
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