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Latin America's Startup Scene in 2025: Resilient, Redefined, and Ready🚀
Thomas Barrett & Cyrus Bakhshi
April 30, 2025
Iguazu Falls, Brazil by Chris Schmid
Learning about a new region can feel overwhelming. So we thought it would be helpful to start with some broad context around the startup and VC ecosystem in Latin America (LatAm).
In this new series (we’re calling them “Deep Dives”), we’re combing through sources and data from all of the newest reports. This will be our first post in the series covering EVERY major hub in LatAm, from Brazil to Peru.
Enjoy!
— Cyrus & Tom
In Today's Newsletter
Latin America's Startup Scene in 2025: Resilient, Redefined, and Ready 🚀
Over the last decade, Latin America’s tech ecosystem has been through a wild ride. From under-the-radar to red-hot, from boom to bust — and now, in 2025, into a new era of resilience and focus.
In 2015, tech optimists believed Latin America was about to "follow the Silicon Valley playbook": massive VC inflows, IPO waves, and global tech dominance. Instead, the region forged its own distinct path. Today, Latin America's startup scene is deeper, stronger, and more diversified than ever — but it’s also operating under new rules: 🧠 capital efficiency over blitzscaling, 🛠️ cross-country playbooks over single-market domination, and ⚡ AI-fueled innovation over pure replication models.
So, where do things stand now? What opportunities lie ahead? And what challenges still need to be solved?
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