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São Paulo

Metro area · Brazil · Pop. 22M · #32 city by EV

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1,263 Pool of Funded Startups

New Startups

405 Annual Startups FoundedAll new ventures

163 Annual Startups FundedReceived investment

get funded 40%

1,021Startups

518 Pre-Seed Startups$100K–1M

294 Seed Startups$1–4M

Pre-Seed to Seed 19%

209 Series A Startups$4–15M

Seed to Series A 26%

178Breakouts

113 Series B Breakouts$15–40M

A to Series B 35%

65 Series C Breakouts$40–100M

B to Series C 32%

64Scaleups

42 Mega Scaleups$100–250M

reach Mega 3.3%

22 Mega+ Scaleups$250M+

reach Mega+ 1.7%

25Valuation Outcomes

23 Unicorns($1–10B valuation)

reach Unicorn 1.8%

2 Decacorns($10–100B valuation)

reach Decacorn 0.16%

Pre-Seed

518

Seed

294

Series A

209

Series B

113

Series C

Unicorn

Decacorn

* 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.

Largest rounds

Largest funding rounds in São Paulo

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

Largest rounds in São Paulo - 2026

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

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VC investment

How much venture capital flows into São Paulo

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

Academia

São Paulo's academic flywheel

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

University-linked startup formation

University spinouts

1,037

Total alumni-founded companies

680

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

251

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

106

Scaleups ($100M+)

Location comparison

How São Paulo stacks up

Compare São Paulo 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.

São Paulo

$192B

$135B

$38.7B

$17.2B

$14.1B

$13.7B

$4.9B

$4.6B

Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.

Sector concentration

Where São Paulo punches above its weight

Sectors in which São Paulo's share of the global unicorn pool is bigger than its overall share. A 5× over-index means São Paulo is 5× more represented in that sector than in the global average. Source: top-hub aggregation across the 18 simplified sectors.

🎓 Edtech

13.7×

3 unicorns · 7.9% of global sector

🛒 eCommerce & Marketplaces

8.92×

9 unicorns · 5.1% of global sector

💸 Fintech

6.00×

11 unicorns · 3.5% of global sector

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