LATIN AMERICA`S TOP 14 INVESTORS THAT TOOK PART IN THE MOST FUNDING ROUNDS IN LEGAL INDUSTRY OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS

Intro

Here are the top 14 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 4 years. They are actively investing in the Legal industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Latin America is 22, which is 1.2% of the total amount of rounds in the Legal industry over the last 4 years.

LATIN AMERICA`S TOP 14 INVESTORS THAT TOOK PART IN THE MOST FUNDING ROUNDS IN LEGAL INDUSTRY OVER THE LAST 4 YEARS
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – Brazil is the most common country among top VCs, hosting 5 funds. There are also funds from Chile, Mexico and Argentina. The most common city is São Paulo which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Santiago, Mexico City and Medellín. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and Brazil. They also invest in Panama and Mexico. For the majority of the funds, the country of their most frequent investments and the country of the funds’ establishment coincide.
• Industry Focus – The funds’ most common field for investments is Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, EdTech and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2005 and the newest one in 2020. Most funds were founded in 2011. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 24 or only in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 790. Average number of funding rounds is 90.1 while median is 30.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 76. Average amount of lead investments is 13.9 while median is 7.0. The most common amount of lead investments is none. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0. The average value for this difference is 4.42 and the median is 5.03. All of it means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Venture and Private Equity stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 1 – 2 investors more often than in rounds with 2 – 3 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 10 – 50 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.96 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.29 and median is 0.22. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0