Puerto RicoPlatform
North America · Pop. 3.2M
1 Overview
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Puerto Rico
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a Puerto Rico-headquartered company, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Puerto Rico - 2026
3 Startup funnel
Puerto Rico'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.
4 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Puerto Rico
VC investment into Puerto Rico-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage. Live from the Dealroom Next Gen API.
5 Notable companies
Top private companies in Puerto Rico
Up to 20 names per tier from Dealroom's tracked dataset. Decacorns are valued $10B+, unicorns $1B+, thoroughbreds have crossed $100M in revenue.
6 Academia
Puerto Rico's academic flywheel
Companies founded by university alumni or spun out of research, plus the institutions producing the most founders tied to Puerto Rico.
| # | University | City | Founders | Companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Puerto Rico | San Juan | 55 | 56 |
| 2 | University of the Sacred Heart | San Juan | 21 | 23 |
| 3 | University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras | San Juan | 17 | 18 |
7 Location comparison
How Puerto Rico stacks up
Compare Puerto Rico with similarly sized ecosystems in North 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 North America ranked by combined EV. Puerto Rico's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | 5-yr EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | $30.6T | 6.2× | 2,276 | $283B | 113.6K |
| 2 | China | $5.8T | 3.1× | 504 | $33.9B | 24.8K |
| 3 | United Kingdom | $1.2T | 4.6× | 221 | $24.1B | 20.1K |
| 4 | India | $924B | 7.5× | 128 | $13.9B | 13.4K |
| 5 | Israel | $602B | 5.6× | 132 | $10.9B | 4,784 |
| 6 | Canada | $564B | 9.6× | 86 | $6.7B | 9,523 |
| 7 | South Korea | $430B | 15.4× | 45 | $8.3B | 7,983 |
| 8 | Germany | $404B | 4.2× | 91 | $8.2B | 8,770 |
| 9 | France | $401B | 5.4× | 66 | $8.4B | 9,145 |
| 10 | Netherlands | $324B | 2.8× | 43 | $3.2B | 3,919 |
| 11 | Singapore | $321B | 8.6× | 40 | $4B | 3,946 |
| 88 | Puerto Rico | $1.2B | — | 1 | $87.5M | 79 |
8 Premium analytics
What we don't show on this page (yet)
Sector breakdowns, founder origins, AI-talent leaderboards and live deal flow are gated to logged-in Dealroom users. Book a demo to access the full Puerto Rico dataset — or see a sample on the Dealroom app.
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Live company-by-company deal flow, full cap tables, founder pedigrees, hiring signals and revenue trajectories.