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MENA

Continent / region · Pop. 443.3M · #34 region by EV

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2,735 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
1,627 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
420 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 26%
2,400Startups
1,206 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
794 Seed Startups$1–4M
Pre-Seed to Seed 23%
400 Series A Startups$4–15M
Seed to Series A 24%
275Breakouts
187 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
A to Series B 32%
88 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
B to Series C 30%
60Scaleups
38 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 1.4%
22 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+
reach Mega+ 0.80%
34Valuation Outcomes
33 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 1.2%
1 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)
reach Decacorn 0.037%
Pre-Seed
1,206
Seed
794
Series A
400
Series B
187
Series C
88
Unicorn
33
Decacorn
1

* 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.

Quarterly report

MENA's latest quarter in venture capital

VC raised by companies in MENA in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.

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Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in MENA

A live treemap of the largest VC rounds. Each cell is one round into MENA-headquartered companies, grouped by Dealroom sector.

Largest rounds in MENA - 2026

Every $40M+ VC round into MENA-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.
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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into MENA

VC investment into MENA-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.

Academia

MENA's academic flywheel

Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to MENA.

University-linked startup formation
98
University spinouts
1,825
Total alumni-founded companies
1,342
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
383
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
100
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How MENA stacks up

Compare MENA with peers from other continents / multi-country regions — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

Nordics
$587B
South America
$522B
Oceania
$340B
Central Eastern Europe
$195B
MENA
$136B
Africa
$74.8B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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