The Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2021

Latin America Insights, Rankings & Ecosystem Pages



Key Findings

  • Late-stage funding (Series B and beyond) in Latin America has increased by 5X from 2015 to 2020.
  • Early-stage funding (Seed and Series A) in the same period has more than doubled.
  • The majority of early-stage funding in Latin America between January 2018 and June 2020 was in AI & Big Data, with $248.5 million invested in the Sub-Sector.



The Top Performers are identified by applying our Global Ranking methodology within a specific region, while the Regional Challengers are identified using the Emerging Ecosystems methodology.