Colombia
South America · Pop. 52.9M · #40 startup ecosystem by EV
1 Overview
* C→Unicorn and Unicorn→Decacorn rates are derived from current counts (no founding-cohort data); the four mid-funnel rates use Dealroom's cohort tracking.
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Colombia
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a Colombia-headquartered company, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Colombia - 2024–2026
3 Startup hubs
Inside Colombia: 1 startup hub, 209 universities
Hubs are sized by combined enterprise value; universities by the startup founders they produced. Hover any point for its numbers; the lists rank hubs by EV and universities by founders.
4 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Colombia
VC investment into Colombia-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
5 Founder origins
Where Colombia's unicorn founders build
13 founders born in Colombia are behind 9 unicorns; 33% 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 South America, ranked by founders or per 1M inhabitants.
6 Location comparison
How Colombia stacks up
Compare Colombia 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. Colombia's row is highlighted (#4).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | $234B | 15.0× | 33 | $2.1B | 4,018 |
| 2 | Argentina | $141B | 7.1× | 9 | $155.9M | 775 |
| 3 | Mexico | $45.2B | 10.0× | 13 | $1.4B | 1,292 |
| 4 | Colombia | $21.1B | 16.6× | 2 | $206.6M | 683 |
| 5 | Chile | $17.8B | 12.2× | 3 | $190M | 855 |
| 6 | El Salvador | $12.6B | — | 1 | $72.8M | 34 |
| 7 | Cayman Islands | $10.7B | 151.4× | 5 | $184.5M | 114 |
| 8 | British Virgin Islands | $5.9B | 65.5× | 1 | $267.9M | 127 |
| 9 | Uruguay | $4.9B | 16.7× | 2 | $38.2M | 98 |
| 10 | Bermuda | $2.7B | 5.5× | 1 | $22M | 29 |
| 11 | Ecuador | $1.6B | — | 1 | $600K | 61 |
| 12 | Peru | $1.5B | 7.4× | 0 | $2.3M | 187 |
7 Patent intelligence
Colombia startup IP portfolio: 71 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Colombia. Aggregated across the country's hub-level filings — Bay Area, Boston, etc. roll up under the United States row, the same way Tokyo and Osaka roll up under Japan.
8 Premium analytics
What we don't show on this page (yet)
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