BRAZIL is the most populated country in LATAM and posses the strongest economy of the region. So, that’s why several latin american companies have tried to conquer this market. Regarding to Start-Ups, it has a strong ecosystem of local companies with huge market share and more several companies with around 10MM 5MM downloads just in Brazil.

#1 – iFOOD

FOUNDED DATE: 15/05/2011
FUNDING AMOUNT: USD 591.860.000,00
NUMBER OF FUNDING ROUNDS: 7
FOUNDERS:
Eduardo Baer, Felipe Ramos Fioravante, Gabriel Pinto, Guilherme Bonifacio, Patrick Sigrist
INFO AT: CRUNCHBASE – CONTXTO – LAVCA

#2 – 99

EXITS: Acquired by Didi in 2018

FOUNDED DATE: 1/07/2012
FUNDING AMOUNT: USD 241.329.770,00
NUMBER OF FUNDING ROUNDS: 5
FOUNDERS: Ariel Lambrecht, Paulo Veras, Renato Freitas
INFO AT: CRUNCHBASE – CONTXTO – LAVCA

#3 – WILDLIFE STUDIOS

FOUNDED DATE: 1/01/2011
FUNDING AMOUNT: USD 180.000.000,00
NUMBER OF FUNDING ROUNDS: 2
FOUNDERS: Arthur Lazarte, Michael Mac-Vicar, Victor Lazarte
INFO AT: CRUNCHBASE – CONTXTO – LAVCA

#4 – DAFITI

*SUB-ORGANIZATION OF: Global Fashion Group
FOUNDED DATE: 1/11/2010
FUNDING AMOUNT: USD 250.481.170,00 (disclosed)
NUMBER OF FUNDING ROUNDS: 6
FOUNDERS: Andre Beisert, Andres Lawson, David Geisen, Malte Horeyseck, Malte Huffmann, Philipp Povel, Thibaud Lecuyer
INFO AT: CRUNCHBASE – CONTXTO – LAVCA

#5 – NUBANK

FOUNDED DATE: 6/05/2013
FUNDING AMOUNT: USD 1.407.602.420,00
NUMBER OF FUNDING ROUNDS: 11
FOUNDERS: Adam Edward Wible, Cristina Junqueira, David Velez
INFO AT: CRUNCHBASE – CONTXTO – LAVCA

#6 – NEON

FOUNDED DATE: 1/01/2016
FUNDING AMOUNT: USD 420.333.922,00
NUMBER OF FUNDING ROUNDS: 5
FOUNDERS: Pedro Conrade
INFO AT: CRUNCHBASE – CONTXTO – LAVCA

#7 – GUIA BOLSO

FOUNDED DATE: 1/01/2012
FUNDING AMOUNT: USD 56.000.000,00
NUMBER OF FUNDING ROUNDS: 6
FOUNDERS: Benjamin Gleason, Thiago Alvarez
INFO AT: CRUNCHBASE – CONTXTO – LAVCA

#8 – RECARGAPAY

FOUNDED DATE:1/02/2010
FUNDING AMOUNT: USD 64.600.000,00
NUMBER OF FUNDING ROUNDS: 6
FOUNDERS: Alvaro Teijeiro, Gustavo Victorica, Rodrigo Teijeiro
INFO AT: CRUNCHBASE – CONTXTO – LAVCA

#9 – EASY TAXI

FOUNDED DATE: 1/01/2011
FUNDING AMOUNT:USD 77.000.000,00
NUMBER OF FUNDING ROUNDS: 7
FOUNDERS: Daniel Cohen, Marcio WIlliam, Talliss Gomes, Tatiana Vecchi, Vinicius Gracia
INFO AT: CRUNCHBASE – CONTXTO – LAVCA

#10 HOTEL URBANO

FOUNDED DATE: 1/01/2011
FUNDING AMOUNT: USD 135.000.000,00
NUMBER OF FUNDING ROUNDS: 5
FOUNDERS: José Eduardo Mendes, João Ricardo Rangel Mendes
INFO AT: CRUNCHBASE – CONTXTO – LAVCA

#11 – DESCOMPLICA

FOUNDED DATE: 1/03/2012
FUNDING AMOUNT: USD 31.059.998,00
NUMBER OF FUNDING ROUNDS: 5
FOUNDERS:Marco Fisbhen
INFO AT: CRUNCHBASE – CONTXTO – LAVCA

#12 – GYMPASS

FOUNDED DATE: 1/01/2012
FUNDING AMOUNT: USD 300.000.000,00
NUMBER OF FUNDING ROUNDS: 5
FOUNDERS: Cesar Carvalho, Joao Barbosa
INFO AT: CRUNCHBASE – CONTXTO – LAVCA

#13 – VIVA REAL

FOUNDED DATE: 1/04/2009
FUNDING AMOUNT: USD 74.780.000,00
NUMBER OF FUNDING ROUNDS: 6
FOUNDERS: Brian Requarth, Diego Simon, Thomas Floracks
INFO AT: CRUNCHBASE – CONTXTO – LAVCA

#14 – GET NINJAS

FOUNDED DATE: 1/04/2011
FUNDING AMOUNT: USD 16.786.267,00
NUMBER OF FUNDING ROUNDS: 5
FOUNDERS: Eduardo L’Hotellier
INFO AT: CRUNCHBASE – CONTXTO – LAVCA

#15 – LIV UP

FOUNDED DATE: 24/03/2016
FUNDING AMOUNT: USD 24.700.000,00
NUMBER OF FUNDING ROUNDS: 3
FOUNDERS: Henrique Castellani, Marcelo Canovas, Victor Santos
INFO AT: CRUNCHBASE – CONTXTO – LAVCA

#16 – QUINTO ANDAR

FOUNDED DATE: 1/01/2014
FUNDING AMOUNT: USD 335.270.291,00
NUMBER OF FUNDING ROUNDS: 6
FOUNDERS: Andre Penha, Gabriel Braga
INFO AT: CRUNCHBASE – CONTXTO – LAVCA

#17 – DOGHERO

FOUNDED DATE: 1/01/2014
FUNDING AMOUNT: USD 12.550.000,00
NUMBER OF FUNDING ROUNDS: 5
FOUNDERS: Eduardo Baer, Fernando Gadotti
INFO AT: CRUNCHBASE – CONTXTO – LAVCA

#18 – INGRESSE

FOUNDED DATE: 1/01/2012
FUNDING AMOUNT: USD 21.817.124,00
NUMBER OF FUNDING ROUNDS: 7
FOUNDERS: Gabriel Benarros, Marcelo Henrique, Sebastien Robaszkiewicz
INFO AT: CRUNCHBASE – CONTXTO – LAVCA

#19 – EBANX

FOUNDED DATE: 1/02/2012
FUNDING AMOUNT: USD 30.000.000,00
NUMBER OF FUNDING ROUNDS: 2
FOUNDERS: Alphonse Voigt, João Del Valle, Wagner Ruiz
INFO AT: CRUNCHBASE – CONTXTO – LAVCA

#20 – LOGGI

FOUNDED DATE: 20/06/2013
FUNDING AMOUNT: USD 295.001.000,00
NUMBER OF FUNDING ROUNDS: 7
FOUNDERS: Arthur Debert, Eduardo Wexler, Fabien Mendez
INFO AT: CRUNCHBASE – CONTXTO – LAVCA

#20 – DR CONSULTA

FOUNDED DATE: 1/08/2011
FUNDING AMOUNT:USD 136.399.907,00
NUMBER OF FUNDING ROUNDS: 7
FOUNDERS: Guilherme Azevedo, Thomaz Srougi
INFO AT: CRUNCHBASE – CONTXTO – LAVCA