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2021 Latin American Startup Directory

Venture investment has grown dramatically in Latin America since 2016 to USD4.1b in 2020, and USD6.4b for 1H 2021 alone, according to LAVCA VC Data. With it has emerged a growing cohort of venture-backed startups across varied geographies, sectors and stages of investment.

LAVCA’s sixth annual Latin American Startup Directory profiles 299 startups that raised USD1m+ in venture funding in 2020 and 1H 2021, during a time of record venture investment in the region.

With details on each company’s disclosed investors, sector and stage, headquarters and more, this year’s output also tracks the increasing flow of capital to women-led startups, and the increasing participation of corporate investors in their funding rounds.

🦄 UNICORNS

Startups that reached unicorn valuations in 2020 and 1H 2021 include Bitso, Clip, Creditas, Kavak, MadeiraMadeira, and VTEX. For a current list of privately held, venture-backed startups that have reached valuations over USD1b, including Mercado Bitcoin, MURAL, Tiendanube, unico, and Ualá, which reached unicorn valuations after 1H 2021, view LAVCA’s Unicorn Leaderboard.

💰 EXITS

This directory does not include venture-backed startups in the region that have been acquired or listed. Access LAVCA’s adjacent list of highlighted, VC-backed startups that have been acquired/listed, including dLocal, RD Station, VTEX and others.

📊 DATA PACK

LAVCA members can download an accompanying LAVCA Data Pack for a full list of disclosed startup investments over USD1m for 2020 and 1H 2021, with additional details including each startup’s founders and markets of operation, as well as a full list of women-led startups (with names and titles), repeat founders, rounds with CVC participation and more.

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2021 Latin American Startup Directory was last modified: September 1st, 2021 by Editor
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METHODOLOGY

This list includes 140 senior-level women investment professionals who are deploying capital in early-and growth-stage tech deals in Latin America, as well as notable women angels investing in over three deals per year across multiple deals in the region. All investors were vetted for inclusion by LAVCA Research. 

 

Every year since 2016, LAVCA solicits nominations of top women investors in tech from the investment community. The inaugural list included 37 investors; the 2017 list added eight new investors. In 2018, complementing the peer nomination process, LAVCA reviewed the investment teams of all active Latin American VC funds, producing a list of 82 senior-level and 47 mid- and junior-level investment professionals. In 2019, those numbers jumped to 88 and 87, respectively, increased to 103 and 97 during 2020, and reflected 114 and 116 investment professionals in 2021.

Nominate an Investor

This list is not exhaustive; if you know of a senior-level investment professional deploying capital in Latin American startups who is not on this list, contact [email protected].

Emerging Women Investors in Latin American Tech

LAVCA also published a fourth annual list of Emerging Women Investors in Latin American Tech, with 135 junior and mid-level investment professionals on VC investment teams in the region.

About LAVCA

 

LAVCA is the Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America, a not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to supporting the growth of private capital in Latin America and the Caribbean through research, education, networking and advocacy.

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