Intro

The top 10 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Latin America that have invested in Seed stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Marketplace industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Latin America is $15.8M, which is 1.7% of the total amount of money raised in the Marketplace industry in Seed rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 10 investors in Latin America with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Marketplace industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is Mexico which hosts 3 funds. There are also funds from Peru, Chile and Brazil. The most common city is Mexico City which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Santiago, Lima and São Paulo. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and Mexico. They also invest in Peru 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 Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, EdTech and Business Development.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2008 and the newest one in 2019. 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 24 or in 7 - 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 790. Average number of funding rounds is 111.8 while median is 25.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 76. Average amount of lead investments is 12.4 while median is 5.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -25.55 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 9.22 and the median is 17.89. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 17.89.
  • Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 - 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 - 4, 1 - 2 or 4 - 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands - 1 million, 1 - 5 million and 10 - 50 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 0.46 and median is 0.27. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.