Cuba
South America · Pop. 11M
1 Overview
2 Latest quarter
Cuba's latest quarter in venture capital
VC raised by Cuba-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 Cuba
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Cuba, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Cuba - 2024–2026
4 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Cuba
VC investment into Cuba-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
5 Founder origins
Where Cuba's unicorn founders build
1 founders born in Cuba 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.
6 Location comparison
How Cuba stacks up
Compare Cuba 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. Cuba'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 |
| 34 | Cuba | $6.6M | — | 0 | $0 | 5 |
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