Top 13 investors in Latin America with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years

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 Seed stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Software Engineering industry.
Software engineering is application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. it includes software development applications, web development, and quantum computing, as well as quality assurance, iOS, and Android.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $16.9M, which is 1.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Software Engineering industry in Latin America over the last 3 years.

Top 13 investors in Latin America with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Software Engineering 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 5 funds. There are also funds from Mexico, Peru and Chile. The most common city is Sao Paulo which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from São Paulo, Mexico City and Lima. VCs tend to invest in startups from Brazil, but also invest in startups from The United States, Peru, 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 Gamification, Mobile/Apps and EdTech.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2001 and the newest one in 2016. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 863. Average number of funding rounds is 113.8 while median is 27.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 76. Average amount of lead investments is 13.5 while median is 3.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -26.56 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 12.05 and the median is 23.59. It means that these funds act as lead investors more 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 1 – 2 investors. Funds in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.56 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.37 and median is 0.12. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.