Peru
South America · Pop. 34.2M
1 Overview
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Peru
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Peru, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Peru - 2024–2026
3 Startup hubs
Inside Peru: 1 startup hub, 100 universities
Hubs are sized by combined enterprise value; universities by the startup founders they produced. Hover any point for its numbers; the lists rank hubs by EV and universities by founders.
4 Startup funnel
Peru'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 Peru
VC investment into Peru-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
6 Founder origins
Where Peru's unicorn founders build
3 founders born in Peru are behind 3 unicorns; 67% 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 South America, ranked by founders or per 1M inhabitants.
7 Location comparison
How Peru stacks up
Compare Peru 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. Peru's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | 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 |
| 13 | Peru | $1.5B | 7.4× | 0 | $2.3M | 187 |
8 Patent intelligence
Peru startup IP portfolio: 2 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Peru. 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.
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