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Leading online travel company in Latin America

Buenos Aires, ArgentinaFounded 1999eCommerce & Marketplaces
Valuation $1–2.5B Last recorded · 2026
Revenue $500M–1B Latest reported FY
Headcount 5–10k Current team size
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At a glance

Founded
1999
Headquarters
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Listing
IPO 2017
Sector
eCommerce & Marketplaces
Power Law
Unicorn$1–10B valuation tierThoroughbred$100M+ revenue

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Investors

8 investors on the cap table

From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.

Series A6 investors entered at this stage

Series B and later2 investors entered at this stage

  • L Catterton
  • Waha Capital

Talent

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Startup mafia 8 alumni-founded startups
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Alumni founders

5 of 8 startups shown

Former Despegar employees who went on to found companies, sorted by Dealroom signal score.

DecolarEst. 1999
Martin RastellinoBrazil
Signal score93
VolantioEst. 2009
Azim BarodawalaUnited States
Signal score78
SeSocio.comEst. 2016
Gastón KrasnyArgentina
Signal score64
TrocafoneEst. 2014
Leandro SchlottchauerBrazil
Signal score63
ViajanetEst. 2009
BRBob RossatoBrazil
Signal score63
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Global footprint

Workforce and web traffic by country
Workforce by country
30 countries with
team presence
🇦🇷 Argentina61%
🇲🇽 Mexico11.3%
🇺🇾 Uruguay9%
🇨🇴 Colombia8.6%
🇨🇱 Chile3.8%
Top 5 of 30 shown
Web traffic by country
1M monthly visits
across markets
🇨🇴 Colombia30.1%
🇦🇷 Argentina24.4%
🇲🇽 Mexico18.2%
🇧🇷 Brazil8%
🇨🇱 Chile6.2%
Top 5 markets shown

Investments and acquisitions

Disclosed deals where Despegar was the 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.

Portfolio analysis

3 deals across Despegar's capital deployment.

Where the deals concentrate by sector, stage, and decade.

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        Despegar's portfolio, mapped.

        Stage
        Period
        3 of 3 deals

        Market sentiment

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