Barbados
South America · Pop. 282K
1 Overview
2 Latest quarter
Barbados's latest quarter in venture capital
VC raised by Barbados-headquartered companies in the quarter shown, against the quarter before and the same quarter a year earlier.
Latest complete quarter
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3 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Barbados
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Barbados, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Barbados - 2024–2026
4 Startup funnel
Barbados'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.
* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.
5 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Barbados
VC investment into Barbados-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
6 Founder origins
Where Barbados's unicorn founders build
1 founders born in Barbados are behind 1 unicorns; 100% of those were built in the US. Origins are resolved from biography and education history, not current address. Compare with the other origin countries in North America, ranked by founders or per 1M inhabitants.
7 Location comparison
How Barbados stacks up
Compare Barbados with similarly sized ecosystems in South America — switch between combined EV, 5-year EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top ecosystems in South America ranked by combined EV. Barbados's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | $235B | 14.1× | 33 | $2B | 4,058 |
| 2 | Argentina | $135B | 23.1× | 10 | $177.1M | 830 |
| 3 | Mexico | $45.2B | 10.0× | 13 | $1.4B | 1,336 |
| 4 | Peru | $24.7B | 114.2× | 0 | $4.3M | 192 |
| 5 | Colombia | $21.2B | 16.6× | 2 | $206.8M | 700 |
| 6 | Chile | $16.2B | 11.1× | 3 | $228.8M | 875 |
| 7 | El Salvador | $12.6B | — | 1 | $72.8M | 34 |
| 8 | Cayman Islands | $11.6B | 163.2× | 5 | $184.5M | 119 |
| 9 | British Virgin Islands | $6B | 66.8× | 1 | $267.9M | 128 |
| 10 | Uruguay | $5.5B | 18.9× | 2 | $38.2M | 101 |
| 11 | Costa Rica | $4.1B | 2.7× | 1 | $13.7M | 76 |
| 17 | Barbados | $310.8M | 12.9× | 0 | $40M | 10 |
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