This year, I've been watching the World Cup with the play-by-play in Spanish, only because that streaming app was way cheaper. With the final game between Argentina and Spain approaching on Sunday, however, it's seeming like a real perk. Here at Crunchbase News, meanwhile, we've been prepping for the final in a less vocally demanding but much more data-intense manner. Since both contenders are far more famous for soccer than accomplishments in the startup realm, we figured a small step to rectify that was in order. To do this, we put together a snapshot of recent startup funding tallies and trends for both Spain and Argentina. As you'll see, neither accounts for a particularly large share of global or even regional investment. Both however, have an intriguing pipeline of recently funded companies. We'll start with our second World Cup-related profile of Argentina. After it won the final in 2022, we wrote a venture funding-themed story calling the country's startup scene 'small,...
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