Tecnolatinas refers to technology-based private companies born in Latin America and the Caribbean and owned by founders from the region. It includes companies that have raised more than one million U.S. dollars of capital and with an estimated value of six million U.S. dollars or more.
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Various sources include Surfing Tsunamis, Tecnolatinas, LAVCA, Crunchbase, Pitchbook, Techcrunch, Research Reports and Media Reports.
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Latin America: unicorn Tecnolatinas 2020, by country of origin
In 2020, most of the unicorn Tecnolatinas (Latin American technology-based compainies worth over *** billion U.S. dollars) were based in Brazil. In comparison, Argentina was home to **** unicorn Tecnolatinas, while Mexico hosted only . Colombia, Chile, and Uruguay only had *** unicorn tech startup, respectively.
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