Top Startup Exits in South America for 2025

In South America, we rank 41 startup exits based on an algorithm that considers factors such as total investment, quarterly employee count, and website traffic. Startup exits in South America are exceeding the performance of their global counterparts.

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Top Startup Exits in South America for 2025

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Mantra Traders is a leading principal trading firm. We use internally developed technology and our team’s deep crypto expertise to trade thousands of digital asset products: all major coins and altcoins, as well as their derivatives.

Industry:
Fintech
Subindustry:
Blockchain

City Rank (Vitoria)

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Despegar is an online B2C travel agency enabling people to research travel plans, book transportation, and book accommodations.

Industry:
Social & Leisure
Subindustry:
Social & Leisure-Other

City Rank (Buenos Aires)

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Total amount:41

Best Software & Data Startup Exits in South America for 2025

South America exits in the Software & Data industry are overperforming their global industry peers. The top three Software & Data exits in South America have raised more than USD 922M, an amount that is higher than the global industry average.
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Mercadapp is a Brazilian app for grocery shopping where users can purchase by swiping items and add it to their cart. Users can easily edit and remove products from their cart, search for products that are looking for and interact easily with mixes of flavors and fragrances.

Industry:
Software & Data
Subindustry:
Apps

City Rank (Fortaleza)

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Foody provides healthy food to the vast majority of Latin Americans at affordable prices. They provide healthy food to the vast majority of Latin Americans at affordable prices.

Industry:
Software & Data
Subindustry:
Apps

City Rank (Bogota)

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ZAP Group they are present throughout the day of buying, selling and renting real estate. With the largest database of the real estate market, they develop products, intelligence, services and information that generate gains and assertive decisions for all agents involved.

Industry:
Software & Data
Subindustry:
SaaS

City Rank (Sao Paulo)

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Total amount:17

Largest Startup Exits in South America by Funding

The top three largest startup exits in South America have raised total funding of more than USD 1.2B. Among the top three funded exits, the most popular industry, based on total funding, is Energy & Environment.
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We are a startup that develops simple, secure and 100% digital solutions for you to have control of your money literally in your hands. We are NUs - fair and transparent in conduct, directives and goals in communication, and we treat each client as a person.

Industry:
Fintech
Subindustry:
Fintech-Other

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DLocal is a cross-border payment processor that connects global merchants to emerging markets.

Industry:
Ecommerce & Retail
Subindustry:
Ecommerce

City Rank (Montevideo)

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Total amount:41

Top Hiring Startup Exits in South America by Employee Size

The top three hiring startup exits in South America have an average employee size that is smaller than to the global average. Among these, the Fintech industry features the startup exit with the largest workforce.
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Stone is a leading provider of financial technology solutions that empower merchants and integrated partners to conduct electronic commerce.

Industry:
Fintech
Subindustry:
Payments

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We are a startup that develops simple, secure and 100% digital solutions for you to have control of your money literally in your hands. We are NUs - fair and transparent in conduct, directives and goals in communication, and we treat each client as a person.

Industry:
Fintech
Subindustry:
Fintech-Other

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Despegar is an online B2C travel agency enabling people to research travel plans, book transportation, and book accommodations.

Industry:
Social & Leisure
Subindustry:
Social & Leisure-Other

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Linx Retail is the largest software house in Latin America, with systems for physical, digital or omnichannel retail.

Industry:
Ecommerce & Retail
Subindustry:
Ecommerce & Retail-Other

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Total amount:41

Best Countries for Startups
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United States
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United Kingdom
55.995
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Israel
51.557
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Canada
38.254
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Singapore
37.736
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Sweden
27.024
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Germany
25.830
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France
24.894
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The Netherlands
24.462
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Switzerland
24.081
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