Recently Funded Startups in Latin America
Updated Oct 2026
FundedIQ tracks 1,316 funded startups in Latin America, with their funding rounds, amounts, investors, industries, locations and company details. This page provides an overview of the startup funding landscape in Latin America, along with the 100 most recently funded startups there.
Startups in Latin America closed 306 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 77 of them in the last 12 months, and raised $12B in disclosed capital. The median disclosed round is $8.0M, with the middle half of rounds falling between $1.5M and $29M. Financial Services, Commerce and Shopping and Artificial Intelligence hold the most companies by sector. São Paulo and Mexico City hold the deepest concentrations of funded startups in Latin America.
Capital concentrates in São Paulo and Mexico City, though Bogotá and Santiago provide significant reach. Financial Services and Commerce and Shopping lead the sub-sector mix. Endeavor Catalyst and Norte Ventures anchor the investor pool. Working this region means balancing a few primary urban centers against a wider spread of smaller hubs.
Latin America funded startup statistics
Most recent funding round on record: Sep 2026. Investors appearing most often across Latin America funding rounds: Endeavor Catalyst, Kaszek, 8VC, Andreessen Horowitz, Bossa Invest.
100 most recently funded startups in Latin America
100 of 1,316Ordered by the date of the latest funding round. Each row gives the company, its location and industry, what it does, the stage and date of that round, and the disclosed amount.
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This page shows the 100 most recent rounds (back to Jun 2025). The full 1,316-company history for this listing opens on a FundedIQ plan.
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Latin America startup funding trends
Funding activity
Startups in Latin America closed 306 funding rounds over the last 24 months, 77 of them in the last 12, adding up to $12B in disclosed capital.
Round sizes
The median disclosed round is $8.0M, with the middle half running from $1.5M to $29M. 257 of 306 rounds disclosed an amount.
Sectors
Financial Services, Commerce and Shopping and Artificial Intelligence hold the most companies, led by Financial Services at 323. The most common headcount band across the segment is 11-50.
Investors
Endeavor Catalyst, Kaszek and 8VC appear most often across funded startups in Latin America on record.
Industries with the most funded startups in Latin America
Sector counts across all 1,316 tracked companies in Latin America. A company assigned more than one industry is counted in each.
Countries with the most funded startups in Latin America
Where funded startups in Latin America are headquartered, by the country on the company record.
Where are funded startups located in Latin America?
Where funded startups in Latin America are based, by the city on the company record.
Top investors in Latin America startups
The investors named most often across funded startups in Latin America.
Counts companies in this segment that name the firm as a backer. Investor names entered the pipeline in July 2026, so they cover the companies funded since.
Funding stages in Latin America
How the last 24 months of funding rounds for funded startups in Latin America break down by stage.
A further 125 rounds in this period were announced without a stage label and are not ranked above.
About the FundedIQ Latin America startup funding data
FundedIQ tracks announced startup funding rounds and organises them by company, funding date, stage, amount, industry, location and investor. The dataset is refreshed weekly, and new rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, so the same round reported twice on different dates is recorded once.
Figures on this page cover the 1,316 funded startups in Latin America currently tracked. Round counts, capital totals and the median round are computed over a trailing 24 months. Rounds whose amount was not disclosed (49 of 306 in that period) are counted as rounds but excluded from capital totals and from the median. The most recent round on record for funded startups in Latin America is dated Sep 2026.
The table above shows the 100 most recently funded companies. Full funding histories, investor lists and founder contacts across the whole dataset open on a FundedIQ plan.
Frequently asked questions
How many funded startups are there in Latin America?
FundedIQ tracks 1,316 funded startups in Latin America. This page lists the 100 most recently funded of them, ordered by the date of their latest round, and the full set is available on a FundedIQ plan.
How much funding have startups in Latin America raised?
Startups in Latin America tracked by FundedIQ have raised $12B in disclosed capital across 306 funding rounds over the last 24 months, including 77 rounds in the last 12 months. 257 of those 306 rounds disclosed an amount; undisclosed rounds are excluded from the capital total.
What industries have the most funded startups in Latin America?
Financial Services has the most, with 323 companies, followed by Commerce and Shopping (156), Artificial Intelligence (112) and Administrative Services (72). Sector counts include every company assigned that industry, and a company can carry more than one.
Which countries have the most funded startups in Latin America?
Brazil leads with 659 companies, ahead of Mexico (206), Colombia (127) and Chile (114).
Which cities have the most funded startups in Latin America?
São Paulo leads with 361 companies, then Mexico City (133), Bogotá (95) and Santiago (81).
Which investors back the most startups in Latin America?
Endeavor Catalyst, Kaszek, 8VC, Andreessen Horowitz and Bossa Invest appear most often across funded startups in Latin America in the FundedIQ dataset. The count is the number of tracked companies naming each firm as a backer, so it reflects the companies on record rather than every deal a firm has ever done.
What is a typical funding round size for startups in Latin America?
The median disclosed round over the last 24 months is $8.0M, and the middle half of rounds fall between $1.5M and $29M. Round sizes vary widely by stage, so the seed and later-stage bands sit well either side of that figure.
What is the most common funding stage for startups in Latin America?
Seed is the most common labelled stage, with 78 rounds in the last 24 months, ahead of Series A (39) and Pre-Seed (28). A further 125 rounds were announced without a stage label and are not counted here.
How often is the Latin America startup funding data updated?
The dataset is refreshed weekly. New rounds are normalised and de-duplicated before they are published, and the most recent round currently on record for funded startups in Latin America is dated Sep 2026. Counts and totals on this page are recomputed on every refresh.
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