Top 15 investors in Latin America that took part in the most funding rounds in Civil Engineering industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 15 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Latin America that have invested over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Civil Engineering industry.
Civil Engineering deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the built environment. It includes architecture and construction, green and smart buildings and cities, and home renovation.

Amount of funding rounds in Latin America is 19, which is 0.7% of the total amount of rounds in the Civil Engineering industry over the last 3 years.

Top 15 investors in Latin America that took part in the most funding rounds in Civil Engineering industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is Brazil which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from Mexico and Chile. The most common city is Sao Paulo which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Mexico City, Santiago and Curitiba. VCs tend to invest in startups from Brazil, but also invest in startups from Mexico, The United States, and Panama. For the majority of the funds, the country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide.
• Industry Focus – The funds’ most common field for investments is Finance. They also invest in Medical Service, EdTech and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2005 and the newest one in 2019. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 156. Average number of funding rounds is 52.7 while median is 38.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 50. Average amount of lead investments is 9.0 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -26.56 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 7.69 and the median is 16.04. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Seed and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Venture and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 34.2 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.56 and median is 0.39. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.