Uruguay
South America · Pop. 3.4M
1 Overview
* Conversion rates are derived from current counts.
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Uruguay
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Uruguay, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Uruguay - 2024–2026
3 Startup hubs
Inside Uruguay: 1 startup hub, 19 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 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Uruguay
VC investment into Uruguay-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
5 Founder origins
Where Uruguay's unicorn founders build
4 founders born in Uruguay are behind 2 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 South America, ranked by founders or per 1M inhabitants.
6 Location comparison
How Uruguay stacks up
Compare Uruguay 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. Uruguay's row is highlighted (#9).
| # | 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 |
7 Patent intelligence
Uruguay startup IP portfolio: 16 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Uruguay. 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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