Top 20 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Mobile industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Latin America that have invested in Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Mobile industry.
Mobile industry includes mobile payments, mobile apps, and app discovery.

Amount of funding rounds in Mobile is 61, which is 12.5% of the total amount of Early rounds in Latin America over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Mobile industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Brazil which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from Mexico, Argentina and Peru. The most common city is Sao Paulo which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Mexico City, Buenos Aires and Santiago. VCs tend to invest in startups from Brazil, but also invest in startups from Mexico, The United States, and Colombia. 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 Gamification, Medical Service and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2004 and the newest one in 2019. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2014 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 234. Average number of funding rounds is 56.8 while median is 35.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 27. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 35. Average amount of lead investments is 8.9 while median is 7.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -52.4 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 6.6 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 – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 3.49 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.66 and median is close to zero. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.