Rio de Janeiro
Metro area · Brazil · Pop. 12.3M
Enterprise value · 2015–2025
Rio de Janeiro grew 8.4× since 2015
Combined enterprise value of every tracked startup headquartered in Rio de Janeiro that's still operating today — public and private companies combined, totalled by founding-year cohort.
Adjacent cities by EV
Startup funnel
Rio de Janeiro'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.
Academia
Rio de Janeiro's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Rio de Janeiro.
Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems
How Rio de Janeiro stacks up
Peers chosen from the same country (Brazil), sized closest to Rio de Janeiro by combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.
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