Top 15 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Information Services industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 15 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Information Services industry.
Information services create, manage, and deliver information. It includes cloud computing, systems and information management, and IT consulting and outsourcing.

Amount of funding rounds in Latin America is 16, which is 1.5% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Information Services industry over the last 3 years.

Top 15 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Information Services industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are Brazil and Chile. They host 5 VCs each. There are also funds from Mexico and Argentina. There is an equal amount of VCs in Sao Paulo and Mexico City which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from Santiago and São Paulo. VCs tend to invest in startups from Brazil, but also invest in startups from The United States, Chile, and Peru. 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, Business Development and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2010 and the newest one in 2020. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 6 VCs. 2018, 2017 and 2020 were also fruitful.
• 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 1, the maximum is 863. Average number of funding rounds is 98.4 while median is 25.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 18. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 76. Average amount of lead investments is 15.9 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 6.94 and the median is 19.5. 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. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common range is 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 0.41 and median is 0.17. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.