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Despegar
eCommerce & Marketplaces · Buenos Aires, Argentina · Founded 1999 · IPO 2017 Unicorn
Despegar mafia
Startups founded by Despegar alumni
Former Despegar employees who went on to start their own companies. Sorted by Dealroom signal score.
Martin RastellinoBrazil
Azim BarodawalaUnited States
Gastón KrasnyArgentina
Leandro SchlottchauerBrazil
Gabriel RoiznerBrazilGlobal footprint
Where Despegar has talent and traffic
team presence
across markets
Capital deployed
Despegar's 3 investments and acquisitions.
Every disclosed deal where Despegar appeared as a backer or acquirer, 2020–2022. Toggle between venture rounds, M&A, or both. The map below is grouped by the target company's sector — the colored pill on each chip is the round type.
3 deals across Despegar's capital deployment.
Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.
02 · Portfolio market map
Despegar's portfolio, mapped.
Each chip is one company. Pill colour shows round type — green for Seed, blue for Series A, purple for B/C+, pink for late-stage, amber for M&A. Bigger sectors keep their full list behind “+ N more”.
Market sentiment
What the market is saying about Despegar
An AI-synthesized read of the highest-engagement posts about Despegar on X over the past 7 days. We rank by likes & retweets, ignore corporate channels, and surface the themes that broke out from real people.
Reading the room on X — pulling top posts and synthesizing themes…
Source: X recent search ranked by engagement (likes + retweets) · Synthesis by Claude · Cached for 1 hour
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