Buenos Aires
Metro area · South America · Pop. 13.6M · #42 city by EV
Enterprise value · 2015–2025
Buenos Aires grew 41.8× since 2015
Combined enterprise value of every tracked startup headquartered in Buenos Aires that's still operating today — public and private companies combined, totalled by founding-year cohort.
Adjacent cities by EV
Startup funnel
Buenos Aires'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.
* 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.
Notable companies
Top private companies in Buenos Aires
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
Academia
Buenos Aires's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Buenos Aires.
Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems
How Buenos Aires stacks up
Peers chosen from the same continent (South America), sized closest to Buenos Aires by combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.
Top overview
South America — top cities
Top cities in South America ranked by combined EV. Buenos Aires's row is highlighted.
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | São Paulo | $191B | 16.7× | 24 | $1.1B | 1,852 |
| 2 | Buenos Aires | $133B | 7.9× | 7 | $120.1M | 257 |
| 3 | Mexico City | $35.2B | 10.6× | 11 | $951.4M | 620 |
| 4 | Santiago de Chile | $17.1B | 12.7× | 3 | $159.1M | 714 |
| 5 | Bogotá | $14B | 13.1× | 2 | $159.4M | 369 |
| 6 | Curitiba | $13.6B | 46.1× | 3 | $35M | 124 |
| 7 | Rio de Janeiro | $4.9B | 6.1× | 0 | $157.1M | 212 |
| 8 | Montevideo | $4.6B | 15.6× | 2 | $36.9M | 86 |
| 9 | Belo Horizonte | $3.2B | 25.9× | 3 | $67.1M | 156 |
| 10 | Monterrey (MX) | $2.4B | 5.6× | 1 | $3.7M | 121 |
| 11 | Lima | $1.4B | 6.9× | 0 | $2.3M | 151 |
| 12 | Guadalajara | $1.4B | 4.8× | 0 | $15.7M | 112 |
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