Web Summit Rio welcomes 21,367 to first South American conference

● Web Summit Rio, Web Summit’s first event hosted in South America, today announced a total of 21,367 attendees from 91 countries – a record for a first-year Web Summit event.

● 974 startups are exhibiting, representing 28 industries

● 173 partners are joining Web Summit Rio on the event floor

● 743 members of the media are in Rio to cover talks from 400 speakers