The 11 Most Well-Known Startups from Buenos Aires

1) Ualá

Ualá is a financial company that provides a prepaid MasterCard card to users to let them keep track of their spending, make transfers, and more.

Details of the startup:

• Started in: 2017
• Founders: Pierpaolo Barbieri
• Industries: Apps, Banking, Financial Services, FinTech, Personal Finance
• Number of employees: 251-500
• Funding amount: $258,000,000
• Number of funding rounds: 7
• Number of investors: 18

You can find their website here.

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2) Pomelo

Pomelo is developing a Latin American fintech-as-a-service platform.

Details of the startup:

• Started in: 2021
• Founders: Gaston Irigoyen, Hernan Corral, Juan Fantoni
• Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $9,000,000
• Number of funding rounds: 1
• Number of investors: 15

You can find their website here.

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3) Karvi

Karvi is the Latin American auto market's digital future.

Details of the startup:

• Started in: 2017
• Founders: Matias Fernandez Barrio, Matias Rossetto
• Industries: Automotive
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $14,275,000
• Number of funding rounds: 4
• Number of investors: 3

You can find their website here.

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4) Digital House

Digital House is a coding school that educates the next generation of programmers and digital professionals.

Details of the startup:

• Started in: 2015
• Founders: Nelson Duboscq, Sebastian Mackinlay
• Industries: Corporate Training, Digital Marketing, Education, Information Technology
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $70,000,000
• Number of funding rounds: 3
• Number of investors: 9

You can find their website here.

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5) Osana Salud

Infrastructure for the healthcare industry in LATAM that is API-connected

Details of the startup:

• Started in: 2019
• Founders: Andres Lawson
• Industries: Developer APIs, Health Care, IT Infrastructure
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $7,350,000
• Number of funding rounds: 3
• Number of investors: 7

You can find their website here.

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6) Henry

Henry provides free software developer training and job placement assistance in exchange for a portion of their future earnings.

Details of the startup:

• Started in: 2020
• Founders: Antonio Tralice, Leonardo Maglia, Martin Borchardt
• Industries: E-Learning, EdTech, Software
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $1,800,000
• Number of funding rounds: 3
• Number of investors: 7

You can find their website here.

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7) Workana

Workana is a digital platform that connects professionals with small businesses, large corporations, and nonprofits.

Details of the startup:

• Started in: 2012
• Founders: Fernando Fornales, Guillermo Bracciaforte, Mariano Iglesias, Tomas O'Farrell
• Industries: E-Commerce, Employment, Internet, Outsourcing
• Number of employees: 1001-5000
• Funding amount: $10,150,000
• Number of funding rounds: 5
• Number of investors: 12

You can find their website here.

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8) RSK Labs

RSK is the first open-source platform for smart contracts.

Details of the startup:

• Started in: 2014
• Founders: Adrian Garelik, Adrián Eidelman, Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar, Ruben Altman, Sergio Demián Lerner
• Industries: Financial Services, Internet, Software
• Number of employees: 11-50
• Funding amount: $7,265,500
• Number of funding rounds: 8
• Number of investors: 14

You can find their website here.

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9) Afluenta

Afluenta is Latin America's first and only Marketplace Lending company for consumer and SME loans, with operations in multiple countries.

Details of the startup:

• Started in: 2010
• Founders: Alejandro Cosentino
• Industries: Consumer Lending, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Internet, Marketplace
• Number of employees: 51-100
• Funding amount: $25,525,000
• Number of funding rounds: 6
• Number of investors: 6

You can find their website here.

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10) VU Security

VU Security is a cybersecurity firm that focuses on fraud prevention and identity theft.

Details of the startup:

• Started in: 2006
• Founders: Sebastian Stranieri
• Industries: Biometrics, Cyber Security, Fraud Detection, Identity Management, Internet of Things, Mobile, Mobile Devices, Mobile Payments, Security
• Number of employees: 101-250
• Funding amount: $7,461,980
• Number of funding rounds: 9
• Number of investors: 6

You can find their website here.

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11) Navent

In Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela, Navent operates job and real estate portals.

Details of the startup:

• Started in: 1999
• Founders: Alejandro Navarro, Nicolas Tejerina
• Industries: Employment, Real Estate, Recruiting, Search Engine, Software
• Number of employees: 501-1000
• Funding amount: $50,000,000
• Number of funding rounds: 3
• Number of investors: 2

You can find their website here.

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