São Paulo
Metro area · Brazil · Pop. 22M · #33 city by EV
Enterprise value · 2015–2025
São Paulo grew 28.2× since 2015
Combined enterprise value of every tracked startup headquartered in São Paulo that's still operating today — public and private companies combined, totalled by founding-year cohort.
Adjacent cities by EV
Startup funnel
São Paulo'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 São Paulo
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
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.
Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems
How São Paulo stacks up
Peers chosen from the same country (Brazil), sized closest to São Paulo by combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.
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.
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