MercadoLibre hosts online e-commerce and auction platforms that provide users with buying and selling mechanisms for e-transactions.
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.
Announced Date | Round | Money Raised | Number of Investors | Lead Investors | Post Valuation | |
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Jul 12, 2022 | Post-IPO Debt | $233M | 1 |
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Nov 16, 2021 | Post-IPO Equity | $1.60B | — | — | — | Detail |
Dec 3, 2019 | Post-IPO Debt | $125M | 1 |
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Mar 12, 2019 | Post-IPO Equity | $1.80B | 2 |
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Aug 17, 2007 | IPO | $289M | — | — | — | Detail |
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Jan 20, 2022
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Corporate Round | — | Blockchain | Yes |
Jan 20, 2022
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Corporate Round | — | Asset Management | Yes |
Mar 25, 2021
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Series Unknown | $50M | Corporate Training | — |
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Yes | Post-IPO Equity |
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Yes | Corporate Round |
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MercadoLibre has acquired 11 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Classified Media Group on Jan 22, 2008. They acquired Classified Media Group for 0.
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Industry | Acquisition Type | Price | |
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Jan 22, 2008
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Advertising | — | — | Detail |
Aug 25, 2008
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E-Commerce | — | $ 40M | Detail |
Apr 9, 2014
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Information Technology | — | — | Detail |
Sep 1, 2015
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E-Commerce | acquisition | — | Detail |
Feb 12, 2016
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Credit Cards | acquihire | — | Detail |