Barbados
South America · Pop. 282K · WithinWorldCaribbeanCommonwealth of NationsHigh Income Countries (UN definition)Latin AmericaLatin America and the CaribbeanSouth AmericaBarbados
1 Overview
2 Latest quarter
Barbados's latest quarter in venture capital
Venture capital raised by Barbados-headquartered companies each quarter since 2020, split by round size, with detail on the latest complete quarter.
Latest complete quarter
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3 Enterprise value
How much Barbados’s VC-backed companies are worth
Combined enterprise value of VC-backed companies headquartered in Barbados, founded since 1990 and still operating, at the end of each year. Companies stay in the total after they list or are acquired.
4 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Barbados
VC investment into Barbados-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
5 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Barbados
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Barbados, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Barbados - 2024–2026
6 Founder origins
Where Barbados's unicorn founders build
1 founders born in Barbados are behind 1 unicorns; 100% of those were built in the US. Origins are resolved from biography and education history, not current address. Compare with the other origin countries in North America, ranked by founders or per 1M inhabitants.
7 Location comparison
How Barbados stacks up
Compare Barbados with similarly sized ecosystems in South America — switch between combined EV, 5-year EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top ecosystems in South America ranked by combined EV. Barbados's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | $238B | 14.2× | 34 | $2B | 4,078 |
| 2 | Argentina | $142B | 7.1× | 10 | $195.9M | 834 |
| 3 | Mexico | $45.3B | 10.0× | 13 | $1.4B | 1,334 |
| 4 | Chile | $18.2B | 12.4× | 3 | $229.7M | 898 |
| 5 | Colombia | $16.7B | 12.0× | 2 | $211.5M | 672 |
| 6 | El Salvador | $12.6B | — | 1 | $72.8M | 35 |
| 7 | Cayman Islands | $11.6B | 163.2× | 5 | $188.5M | 119 |
| 8 | British Virgin Islands | $6.1B | 67.3× | 1 | $285.9M | 132 |
| 9 | Uruguay | $4.6B | 35.2× | 1 | $38.7M | 106 |
| 10 | Costa Rica | $4.3B | 2.9× | 1 | $13.7M | 77 |
| 11 | Bermuda | $2.7B | 5.5× | 1 | $22M | 29 |
| 17 | Barbados | $310.8M | 12.9× | 0 | $40M | 10 |
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