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Mexico Extends Its Venture Lead Over Brazil As More Global VCs Enter Latin America

Monday, July 20, 2026Judy RiderView original
Mexico Extends Its Venture Lead Over Brazil As More Global VCs Enter Latin America
Mexico’s startups led the LatAm pack in Q2 — by a wide margin. The country’s startups raised $944 million in the second quarter, up 131% compared to $409 million in last year’s Q2, and up 136% from the $401 million raised in this year’s first quarter, per Crunchbase data. For comparison’s sake, that’s almost as much as Latin American startups as a whole raised in the second quarter of 2025.