Brazil
South America · Pop. 212M · #15 startup ecosystem by EV
Enterprise value · 2015–2025
Brazil grew 28.1× since 2015
Combined enterprise value of every tracked startup headquartered in Brazil that's still operating today — public and private companies combined, totalled by founding-year cohort.
Adjacent ecosystems by EV
Startup hubs
Inside Brazil: top 4 startup hubs
Sub-national ecosystems ranked by combined enterprise value, paired with their 5-year growth multiplier.
Startup funnel
Brazil'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 Brazil
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
Academia
Brazil's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Brazil.
Vs. similarly-sized ecosystems
How Brazil stacks up
Peers chosen from the same South America cluster within ±70% of Brazil's combined EV. The scatter plots growth × current size for the wider continent — outliers in the upper-right are ecosystems compounding fastest.
Top overview
South America ecosystems — combined view
Top ecosystems in South America ranked by combined EV. Brazil's row is highlighted.
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | $235B | 16.2× | 32 | $2B | 3,952 |
| 2 | Argentina | $141B | 7.1× | 9 | $150.9M | 767 |
| 3 | Mexico | $45.1B | 10.0× | 13 | $1.4B | 1,281 |
| 4 | Colombia | $21.1B | 16.5× | 2 | $207.1M | 680 |
| 5 | Chile | $17.8B | 12.3× | 3 | $189.9M | 850 |
| 6 | El Salvador | $12.6B | — | 1 | $72.8M | 34 |
| 7 | Cayman Islands | $10.7B | 150.5× | 4 | $184.5M | 108 |
| 8 | British Virgin Islands | $5.8B | 64.8× | 1 | $249.9M | 124 |
| 9 | Uruguay | $4.6B | 15.7× | 2 | $38.2M | 93 |
| 10 | Bermuda | $2.7B | 5.5× | 1 | $22M | 29 |
| 11 | Ecuador | $1.6B | — | 1 | $600K | 61 |
| 12 | Peru | $1.5B | 7.4× | 0 | $2.3M | 188 |
Patent intelligence
Brazil startup IP portfolio: 2,384 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Brazil. Aggregated across the country's hub-level filings — Bay Area, Boston, etc. roll up under the United States row, the same way Tokyo and Osaka roll up under Japan.
Sector concentration
Where Brazil punches above its weight
Sectors in which Brazil's share of the global unicorn pool is bigger than its overall share. A 5× over-index means Brazil 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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