Top 14 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Digital Media industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 14 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Latin America that have invested in Seed stage over the last 5 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 Seed funding rounds is 25, which is 62.5% of the total amount of rounds in the Digital Media industry in Latin America over the last 5 years.

Top 14 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Seed 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Chile, Mexico and Argentina. The most common city is Sao Paulo which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Santiago, Mexico City and Region Metropolitana. VCs tend to invest in startups from Brazil, but also invest in startups from The United States, Mexico, 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 Business Development, Social and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1939 and the newest one in 2019. In 2011 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, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2014 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2014 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12, the maximum is 863. Average number of funding rounds is 126.9 while median is 56.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 84. Average amount of lead investments is 19.7 while median is 7.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -66.95 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 6.2 and the median is 20.08. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 20.67.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common range is 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 467.4 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 38.97 and median is 0.3. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.