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: capital raised by Tecnolatinas 2020, by sector
In 2020, most of the capital raised by Latin American technology-based startups (also called Tecnolatinas) was allotted to the fintech and e-commerce industries, capturing almost ** percent of all investment. The logistics and distribution sector secured approximately one tenth of all total capital raised. Newer sectors including Proptech and Edtech were only able to raise less than **** percent of total raised capital, each.
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