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Montevideo

Metro area · Uruguay · Pop. 1.7M

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57 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

22 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

6 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 28%

50Startups

27 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

12 Seed Startups$1–4M

11 Series A Startups$4–15M

5Breakouts

4 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

1 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

2Scaleups

2 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 3.5%

2Valuation Outcomes

2 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 3.5%

Pre-Seed

Seed

Series A

Series B

Series C

Unicorn

* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in Montevideo

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

Largest rounds in Montevideo - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into Montevideo

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

Academia

Montevideo's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

Total alumni-founded companies

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

Location comparison

How Montevideo stacks up

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

Bogotá

$14.1B

Curitiba

$13.7B

Rio de Janeiro

$4.9B

Montevideo

$4.6B

Belo Horizonte

$3B

Monterrey (MX)

$2.4B