[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":49},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-colombia-esta-en-el-puesto-35-mundial-de-startups-el-mercado-local-sigue-siendo-dificil-las-dos-cosas-son-ciertas-al-mismo-tiempo-en-us":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"slug":6,"cover_image":7,"cover_image_credit":8,"cover_image_credit_url":9,"excerpt":10,"content":11,"content_json":12,"sources":31,"category":38,"read_time_minutes":39,"is_featured":40,"author":41,"meta_title":42,"meta_description":43,"meta_keywords":44,"is_published":45,"published_at":46,"created_at":47,"updated_at":48},71,"Colombia Is Ranked #35 Worldwide in Startups. The Local Market Is Still Tough. Both Things Are True at the Same Time.","colombia-esta-en-el-puesto-35-mundial-de-startups-el-mercado-local-sigue-siendo-dificil-las-dos-cosas-son-ciertas-al-mismo-tiempo","https:\u002F\u002Fimages.unsplash.com\u002Fphoto-1523050854058-8df90110c9f1","Photo by Vasily Koloda on Unsplash","https:\u002F\u002Funsplash.com\u002F@napr0tiv","Colombia's startup ecosystem grew 29% annually and reached #35 worldwide. Building ProjectApp from the inside, the local market is still one of the toughest. This is the tension nobody names.","",{"cta":13,"intro":14,"sections":15,"conclusion":30},"If you're building a software company in Colombia and want to talk about how we're navigating that tension at ProjectApp, write to me. That conversation interests me.","This week Colombia reached #35 worldwide in StartupBlink's Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2026. 29.3% annual growth, triple the Latin American average. 2,295 active startups. US$857 million in investment. The Colombian tech ecosystem is maturing at a pace few expected. And while I read those numbers, building ProjectApp from Medellín, I feel something many Colombian founders probably feel but rarely say publicly: the local market is still one of the toughest I know. Both things are true at the same time. And that tension is exactly the conversation worth having.",[16,23],{"callout":17,"content":21,"heading":22},{"text":18,"type":19,"title":20},"Colombia reached #35 worldwide in the Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2026, with 29.3% annual growth far exceeding the regional 8% average. The ecosystem has 2,295 active startups and recorded US$857 million in 131 investment transactions during 2025.","info","The Numbers That Matter This Week","The Colombia Tech Report 2025-2026 from KPMG and BBVA Spark painted a picture that three years ago would have seemed optimistic: 2,295 active startups, 24% annual growth tripling the Latin American average, and an ecosystem increasingly attracting international capital. Fintech leads with 19% of the total, followed by SaaS at 11%. B2B models represent 48% of the ecosystem. Colombia isn't just an emerging market — it's becoming a regional hub with global credibility.","What the Global Data Says",{"heading":24,"key_takeaways":25},"Key Takeaways",[26,27,28,29],"The global ranking and local difficulty don't contradict each other — both are true. Ecosystem maturity doesn't eliminate market friction.","For Colombian software founders, the clearest opportunity today isn't just local — it's using Colombia as a base to reach international markets.","Capital is more selective in 2026: unit economics, retention, and path to profitability are the criteria that now open doors.","Colombia Tech Week in August is the ecosystem's most important event this year — 20,000 founders and investors in Bogotá.","Colombia at #35 worldwide is news I celebrate. And at the same time, building here still requires a resilience the ranking doesn't capture. The combination of those two realities — the global ecosystem optimism and the real day-to-day difficulty — defines the moment we're in. And for founders navigating it from the inside, recognizing both is more useful than celebrating only one.",[32,35],{"url":33,"name":34},"https:\u002F\u002Fecosistemastartup.com\u002Fcolombia-puesto-35-en-startupblink-2026-oportunidades-para-founders\u002F","Colombia puesto 35 StartupBlink 2026 - El Ecosistema Startup",{"url":36,"name":37},"https:\u002F\u002Fecosistemastartup.com\u002Fcolombia-tech-2026-2-295-startups-y-us857m-en-inversion\u002F","Colombia Tech 2026: 2.295 startups y US$857M - El Ecosistema Startup","startup",6,false,"projectapp-team","Colombia #35 Worldwide in Startups: What It Means to Build Here From the Inside","Colombia reached #35 worldwide in startup ecosystems. Building from the inside, the local market is still tough. This is the tension worth naming.","colombia startup ecosystem 2026, colombia startups ranking, colombia tech report kpmg, colombia software market, colombia founder",true,"2026-06-11T18:49:47.289984Z","2026-06-11T18:49:47.290614Z","2026-06-11T18:49:47.290623Z",1785208795239]