Comment from Bedy Yang, managing partner and head of ecosystems, 500vc, and Ee-Ling Lim, regional director for Asia-Pacific

500 Startups was the most active global venture capital firm of 2019 and the second most active global VC firm in 2020. With more than 2,400 portfolio companies in over 75 countries, the company works with 5,000-plus founders. The following three pages identify the hot regions and deals it is seeing in emerging markets:

Latin America

Although still fairly nascent, CVC is evolving in Latin America, led by Brazil, where signs point to continued momentum. 500 saw a significant increase…