8 Best Emerging Markets Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Emerging Markets Startups

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There are 8 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $509.6m. The average funding per company in this subset is $63.7m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Unifonic logo

Unifonic

Unifonic is a Saudi-based cloud communication startup.

2

Funding Rounds

$146.0m

Money raised

BIMA (company) logo

BIMA (company)

An insurance technology company offering insurance and mobile health services to emerging markets.

4

Funding Rounds

$170.6m

Money raised

Coins.ph logo

Coins.ph

Blockchain company. Coins.ph delivers financial services via mobile to people who are currently unserved by traditional banks.

3

Funding Rounds

$65.0m

Money raised

Peach Payments logo

Peach Payments

Developer of an online payment platform designed to provide electronic payment services. The company's platform uses a well-documented API for integration, collects payments via email and SMS, offers secure tokenization to store card data, and increases conversion with one-click checkouts.

3

Funding Rounds

$69.4k

Money raised

Verto FX logo

Verto FX

Verto FX is a blockchain company founded in 2017 by Anthony Oduwole, Ola Oyetayo and Anthony Oduu.

3

Funding Rounds

$14.2m

Money raised

Tala logo

Tala

Tala is a London-based company founded in 2015.

1

Funding Rounds

$110.0m

Money raised

Disease Diagnostic Group logo

Disease Diagnostic Group

Disease Diagnostic Group is a Boston-based diagnostics company developing diagnostic tests for malaria and other infectious diseases.

5

Funding Rounds

$1.3m

Money raised

Neem logo

Neem

Neem is a company founded by Nadeem Shaikh, Naeem Zamindar and Vladimira Mesko Briestenska.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised