Intro

The top 13 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 Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Banking industry. Banking handles cash, credit, and other financial transactions. It includes lending and credit, banking institutions, debit cards, and transaction processing.

Amount of money raised in Banking funding rounds is $453.0M, which is 9.3% of the total amount of money raised in Early rounds in Latin America over the last 5 years.

Top 13 investors in Latin America with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Banking industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among the top VCs is Mexico which hosts 5 funds. There are also funds from Chile and Brazil. The most common city is Mexico City which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Santiago, São Paulo and Sao Paulo. VCs tend to invest in startups from Mexico, but also invest in startups from Brazil, The United States, and Chile. 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, E-Commerce Platforms and Medical Service.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2005 and the newest one in 2014. In 2012 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, 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 10, the maximum is 148. Average number of funding rounds is 52.3 while median is 38.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 31. Average amount of lead investments is 10.2 while median is 6.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -11.24 and 24.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 4.5 and the median is -0.41. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 - 6 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 0.0 at minimum and 558500000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 46541667.21 and median is 0.47. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.