El Salvador
South America · Pop. 6.3M
1 Overview
* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in El Salvador
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in El Salvador, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in El Salvador - 2024–2026
3 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into El Salvador
VC investment into El Salvador-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
4 Founder origins
Where El Salvador's unicorn founders build
1 founders born in El Salvador are behind 1 unicorns; 0% 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.
5 Location comparison
How El Salvador stacks up
Compare El Salvador 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. El Salvador's row is highlighted (#6).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | $234B | 15.0× | 33 | $2B | 4,048 |
| 2 | Argentina | $141B | 7.1× | 10 | $163.2M | 811 |
| 3 | Mexico | $45.5B | 10.1× | 13 | $1.4B | 1,320 |
| 4 | Colombia | $21.2B | 16.6× | 2 | $206.6M | 692 |
| 5 | Chile | $17.8B | 12.3× | 3 | $190M | 865 |
| 6 | El Salvador | $12.6B | — | 1 | $72.8M | 34 |
| 7 | Cayman Islands | $10.8B | 151.7× | 5 | $184.5M | 115 |
| 8 | British Virgin Islands | $5.9B | 65.5× | 1 | $267.9M | 127 |
| 9 | Uruguay | $4.9B | 16.7× | 2 | $38.2M | 99 |
| 10 | Bermuda | $2.7B | 5.5× | 1 | $22M | 29 |
| 11 | Costa Rica | $1.9B | 1.6× | 0 | $13.6M | 74 |
| 12 | Ecuador | $1.6B | — | 1 | $600K | 61 |
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