Top 10 investors in Latin America that took part in the most funding rounds in Digital Media industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 10 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 Digital Media industry.
Digital Media is digitized content that can be transferred through the internet and various electronic devices. It includes music and video streaming, blogging platforms and podcasts, and online portals and news.

Amount of funding rounds in Latin America is 12, which is 0.8% of the total amount of rounds in the Digital Media industry over the last 3 years.

Top 10 investors in Latin America that took part in the most funding rounds in Digital Media 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 6 funds. There are also funds from Chile, Mexico and Colombia. The most common city is Sao Paulo which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from São Paulo, Santiago and Region Metropolitana. VCs tend to invest in startups from Brazil, but also invest in startups from Chile, The United Kingdom, and Mexico. 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 Social, Business Development and Marketing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1939 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 2012 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 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 863. Average number of funding rounds is 132.5 while median is 43.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 76. Average amount of lead investments is 16.2 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -26.34 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 9.25 and the median is 13.27. 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 Grant stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.07 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.53 and median is 0.13. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.