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MercadoLibre Startup Programs & Corporate Open Innovation Analysis Ecommerce & Retail · Ecommerce

MercadoLibre, through its subsidiaries, hosts online commerce and payments platforms in Latin America. Its services are designed to provide its users with mechanisms to buy, sell, pay for, and collect on e-commerce transactions. The company principally offers MercadoLibre marketplace, an automated online commerce service, located at mercadolibre.com, which permits businesses and individuals to list items and conduct their sales and purchases online in a fixed-price or auction-based format. It also enables registered users in MercadoLibre marketplace to list and purchase motor vehicles, vessels, aircraft, real estate, and services through online classified listings; users and advertisers to place, display, and/or text advertisements on its Web pages to promote their brands and offerings; and Internet users to browse through various products and services that are listed on its Web site and register with MercadoLibre to list, bid for, and purchase items and services. The company also provides MercadoPago, an integrated online payments solution to facilitate transactions both on and off the MercadoLibre marketplace by providing a mechanism that allows its users to send and receive payments online. As of December 31, 2008, it operated online commerce platforms and online payment solutions directed towards Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, and Colombia, as well as operating online commerce platforms directed towards Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Uruguay.
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In StartupBlink's Corporate Startup Activity Index, MercadoLibre ranks #127 globally and #1 in Argentina. It ranks #12 in the Ecommerce & Retail industry and #4 in the Ecommerce subindustry.

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Corporate Startup Activity Index
#127
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Ecommerce & Retail
#12
Subindustry
Ecommerce
#4
National · Argentina
Corporate Startup Activity Index
#1
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Key metrics

MercadoLibre Startup Activity Metrics

MercadoLibre has supported 43 startups through programs and investments, with those companies raising a combined $2.3 billion over the last ten years. The company currently operates 3 active startup programs.

Overview

Explore MercadoLibre's investments, startup programs, and corporate open innovation activity

MercadoLibre has deployed more than $45.3 million in startup investments through Mercado Libre Fund and partnership programs, strengthening its position as one of the leading innovation-driven corporations globally.

The company currently runs 3 active startup programs supporting 43 startups worldwide across industries such as Ecommerce & Retail, Fintech, Hardware & IoT, and Marketing & Sales. Its venture arm Mercado Libre Fund has invested in over 43 startups since it was founded in 2013.

The corporate-innovation activity is concentrated in Software & Data, Ecommerce & Retail, and Fintech, categories where MercadoLibre's scale provides outsized leverage to early-stage startups.

Activity breakdown

Where MercadoLibre-associated startups operate

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Programs & CVC

MercadoLibre Startup Programs and Corporate Venture Capital initiatives

MercadoLibre engages startups through 3 active programs, supporting 43 startups in total based on our database.

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List of Startups

Top startups associated with MercadoLibre

MercadoLibre's top 5 associated startups have raised 78% of the $2.3 billion raised in the last ten years across all 43 associated startups, led by Paxos at $1.3 billion. MercadoLibre is associated with 43 active startups. Mercado Libre Fund supports the largest number of startups, with 43 associated startups.

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Startups associated with MercadoLibre
StartupSB ScoreIndustryHQ cityLink Type to CorporationLinked via
PaxosPaxosSB 562FintechNew YorkDirect InvestmentMercado Libre Fund
IngresseIngresseSB 533Software & DataSao PauloProgram InvestmentMercado Libre Fund
Warren InvestimentosWarren InvestimentosSB 526FintechPorto AlegreProgram InvestmentMercado Libre Fund
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Corporate Startup Activity Index · 2025

Global Corporate Open Innovation Rankings

Explore the top 372 corporations in StartupBlink's Corporate Startup Activity Index. MercadoLibre ranks #127 globally and #1 in Argentina. It accounts for 2.2% of the measured corporate startup activity in the Ecommerce & Retail industry and 68.7% of the activity generated by corporations in Argentina. Unlock more granular data on each corporation with StartupBlink Pro.

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