Brazil is home to 24 out of 45 startup unicorns in Latin America, with notable companies like Nubank, iFood, and 99, according to a Distrito study. Mexico and Argentina follow with seven unicorns each. Chile has three. Investors poured $11.6 billion into these Brazilian firms from 2019 to 2023. This total doesn’t count IPOs or […]
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