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Belo Horizonte

Metro area · Brazil · Pop. 6M

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88 Pool of Funded Startups
New Startups
42 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures
13 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment
get funded 30%
81Startups
49 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M
17 Seed Startups$1–4M
15 Series A Startups$4–15M
4Breakouts
2 Series B Breakouts$15–40M
2 Series C Breakouts$40–100M
3Scaleups
3 Mega Scaleups$100–250M
reach Mega 3.4%
3Valuation Outcomes
3 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)
reach Unicorn 3.4%
Pre-Seed
49
Seed
17
Series A
15
Series B
2
Series C
2
Unicorn
3

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Belo Horizonte

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

Largest rounds in Belo Horizonte - 2026

Every $15M+ VC round into Belo Horizonte-headquartered companies in 2026, grouped by Dealroom sector.
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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Belo Horizonte

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

Academia

Belo Horizonte's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation
5
University spinouts
151
Total alumni-founded companies
99
Of which startups (<$15M raised)
35
Breakouts ($15M-100M)
17
Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How Belo Horizonte stacks up

Compare Belo Horizonte with peers from the same country (Brazil) — switch between combined EV, EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.

Rio de Janeiro
$4.9B
Montevideo
$4.6B
Belo Horizonte
$2.9B
Monterrey (MX)
$2.4B
Lima
$1.4B
Guadalajara
$1.4B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

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Sector breakdown
Where Belo Horizonte's unicorns concentrate
Fintech
AI / Enterprise SW
Health Tech
Biotech
Cybersecurity
Consumer
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Capital autonomy
Belo Horizonte's domestic vs foreign capital mix
% domestic VC by stage
Cross-border lead investors
Sovereign-fund participation
Foreign-LP exposure
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Recent momentum
Belo Horizonte's VC investment trajectory by stage
2024 vs 2025 by stage
Round-size trends
Stage-conversion deltas
Quarterly velocity
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Founder origins
Where Belo Horizonte's startup founders come from
By country of origin
Per capita
Top universities
Top alumni-factory companies
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AI talent
Top employers of AI talent in Belo Horizonte
Core AI roles
Frontier AI roles
YoY hiring growth
Senior + lead engineers
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Deal flow
Live deal flow & funding rounds in Belo Horizonte
New rounds last 30 days
Stage breakdown
Active investors
Round-size trends
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Country Brazil South America · Pop. 212M · #14 startup ecosystem by EV Region South America Continent / region · #18 region by EV

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