Intro

The top 14 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Latin America that have invested over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Software Engineering industry.

Amount of money raised in Software Engineering funding rounds is $326.7M, which is 5.8% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in Latin America over the last 4 years.

Top 14 investors in Latin America with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is Brazil which hosts 6 funds. There are also funds from Mexico, Peru and Chile. There is an equal amount of VCs in São Paulo and Mexico City which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Santiago 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 Banking. They also invest in Information Technology, Enterprise Software and EdTech.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2005 and the newest one in 2016. In 2010 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, 2017 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 24 or in 7 - 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 790. Average number of funding rounds is 80.5 while median is 22.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 76. Average amount of lead investments is 15.8 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 -66.95 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.11 and the median is 13.44. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
  • Typical Rounds - Seed and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Venture and Private Equity stages are less common. 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, 10 - 50 million and 1 - 5 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 0.4 and median is 0.26. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.