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São Paulo

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

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Enterprise value

How much São Paulo’s VC-backed companies are worth

Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in São Paulo, founded since 1990 and still operating, at the end of each year. Companies stay in the total after they list or are acquired.

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.

Startup funnel

São Paulo's startup funnel

Companies headquartered in São Paulo at each stage today, by total VC raised. Hover a bar for the split.

1,032

Startups

$100K–15M raised

523 pre-seed · 298 seed · 211 Series A

179

Breakouts

$15–100M raised

113 Series B · 66 Series C

Scaleups

$100M+ raised

39 Mega · 24 Mega+

Unicorns and/or $100M+ revenue

23 valued at $1B+ · 15 with $100M+ revenue · 11 both

Source: Dealroom.co

Quarterly report

São Paulo's latest quarter in venture capital

VC raised by São Paulo-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.

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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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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

1,315

Total alumni-founded companies

878

Of which startups (<$15M raised)

310

Breakouts ($15M-100M)

127

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

$193B

$135B

$39.5B

$17.4B

$14.9B

$13.6B

$4.9B

$4.2B

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

13.6×

3 unicorns · 7.9% of global sector

🛒 eCommerce & Marketplaces

8.86×

9 unicorns · 5.1% of global sector

💸 Fintech

5.96×

11 unicorns · 3.5% of global sector

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