This excludes, for example, MercadoLibre, the Argentinian e-commerce competitor to Amazon.
Unicorns from Latin America focused the most on finance and insurance as of April 2021, followed by transportation and logistics. This according to estimates based on company valuations as provided by multiple sources. Note that the figures provided here are based on unicorns that did not go public via an IPO and were not at some point acquired by another company. Distribution of unicorns in Latin America as of April 2021, by industry
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