“A trend that we see today is in the creation of business models with heavily managed marketplaces; great companies like Kavak, Justo and Konfío. Now, it’s leaning towards lightly managed marketplaces (SaaS). We will begin to see more scalable models that are less capital intensive and move more towards software.”
Héctor Sepúlveda, Partner at Nazca
New technologies are impacting the region’s most developed verticals, particularly those with the highest number of companies that have reached a private valuation of at least US$100M within less than ten years of operations. This analysis reflects the technology adoption and growth of these sectors:
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The impact of the startups and scaleups identified can be measured by the more than US$35 billion in investment received over the last 10 years and the impact this has had on the creation of roughly 200,000 jobs in the region.
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