The 11 Most Well-Known Startups from Buenos Aires

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March 26, 2022

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Countless startups in Buenos Aires are being launched every day.

Many fail because they did not learn from the success of other companies who've managed to rise above.

We just published this list of 11 well-known and fast-growing companies in Buenos Aires that impressed investors.

11 Startups in Buenos Aires

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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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