Startups in Brazil – statistics & facts

Number of unicorns globally February 2024, by country

Number of unicorns worldwide as of February 2024, by country

Start-up rate globally in 2020, by country

Start-up rate worldwide in 2020, by country

Gender distribution of early-stage entrepreneurs in the Americas 2023, by country

Percentage of population involved in business start-ups in the Americas in 2023, by country and gender

Latin America: new business ownership rate by country 2020

New business ownership rate in selected Latin American countries in 2020

Latin America: venture capital investment 2020, by country

Distribution of venture capital investment value in Latin America in 2020, by country

Brazil: number of startups 2013-2023

Number of startups in Brazil between 2013 and 2023

Number of fintech startups in Brazil 2017-2022

Number of fintech startups in Brazil from 2017 to 2022

Share of startups in Brazil in 2022, by city

Geographic distribution of startups in Brazil in 2022, by city

Brazil: number of startups by age 2020

Number of startups in Brazil as of September 2020, by age

Brazil: COVID-19 impact on startups 2020

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on startup companies in Brazil as of April 2020

Brazil: COVID-19 impact on startup performance 2020, by sector

Share of startup executives who foresaw a decrease in revenue or customer base due to the COVID-19 crisis in Brazil as of April 2020, by sector

LinkedIn's top startups workforce in Brazil 2023

Number of employees of LinkedIn's top startups in Brazil in 2023

Brazil: share of startups 2020, by economic sector

Leading economic sectors of startups in Brazil as of September 2020

Brazil: leading business models of startups 2022

Leading business models of startups in Brazil as of November 2022

Brazil: main target audience of startups 2022

Leading target consumers of startups in Brazil as of November 2022

Share of fintech startups in Brazil 2022, by segment

Distribution of fintech startups in Brazil in 2022, by business segment

Brazil: insurtech startups 2020, by segment

Number of insurtech startups in Brazil in 2020, by segment

Brazil: automotive innovation by cooperation with startups 2019

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Latin America: most valuable unicorn companies 2023

Leading unicorn companies based on market value in Latin America in 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)

Revenue of Nubank in Brazil 2018-2022

Operating revenue of Nubank in Brazil from 2018 to 2022 (in million U.S. dollars)

Key figures on food delivery app iFood in Brazil 2023

Key figures on food delivery company iFood in Brazil as of June 2023

Brazil: key figures on logistics and delivery startup Loggi 2019

Key figures on delivery and logistics startup Loggi in Brazil as of June 2019

Brazil: key figures on ride-hailing & ride-sharing app 99 in 2020

Key figures on ride-hailing and ride-sharing app 99 in Brazil as of February 2020

Key figures on fintech Creditas in Brazil 2022

Key figures on fintech company Creditas in Brazil as of January 2022

Latin America: main VC investors 2022, by deals

Number of venture capital deals closed by selected investors in Latin America as of May 2022

Brazil: total funding of leading startups 2023

Leading startups based on total funding in Brazil as of March 2023 (in million U.S. dollars)

Brazil: invested value in selected VC deals 2020

Largest venture capital (VC) investment deals in Brazil in 2020 (in million Brazilian reals)

Brazil: Insurtech investment deals 2020, by startup

Largest Insurtech investment deals in Brazil as of January 2020, by startup (in million U.S. dollars)

Funding of BioTech companies in Brazil 2022

Funding of selected BioTech companies in Brazil in 2022 (in million U.S. dollars)

Brazil: venture capital investments 2020, by sector

Value of venture capital investments in Brazil in the 1st half 2020, by sector (in million U.S. dollars)

Brazil: entrepreneurship rate by type and stage 2023

Entrepreneurship rate in Brazil in 2023, by type and development stage

Brazil: early-stage entrepreneurship rate 2022, by industry

Distribution of early-stage entrepreneurial activity (TEA) in Brazil in 2022, by industry sector

Brazil: early-stage entrepreneurship rate by age 2023

Total early-stage entrepreneurial activity (TEA) rate in Brazil in 2023, by age group

Brazil: women startup shareholders 2020, by sector

Share of women among startup shareholders in Brazil in 2020, by sector

Brazil: reasons for early-stage entrepreneurship 2020, by gender

Motivations of early-stage entrepreneurs in Brazil in 2020, by gender