Top 12 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Consumer industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 12 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Consumer industry.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 18, which is 31.6% of the total amount of rounds in the Consumer industry in Latin America over the last 3 years.

Top 12 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Consumer 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 8 funds. There are also funds from Mexico, Guatemala and Barbados. The most common city is São Paulo which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Weymouth, San Pedro and Rio de Janeiro. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Brazil, but also invest in startups from Mexico and The United States. 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 Real Estate, Enterprise Software and EdTech.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2019. In 2007 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 or 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 56. Average number of funding rounds is 18.2 while median is 13.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 31. Average amount of lead investments is 9.5 while median is 5.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -12.53 and the median is -14.65. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 4 – 5 or 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 – 50 million or less than 100 thousands, more often than 100-500 million or 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 0.69 and median is 0.36. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.