Top 18 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Artificial Intelligence industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 18 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Latin America that have invested in Early stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Artificial Intelligence industry.
Artificial intelligence is a frontier research discipline to build computerized systems that perform tasks requiring human intelligence. It includes facial, speech and image recognition, machine learning, and natural language processing, as well as computer vision, visual search, and internet of things.

Amount of funding rounds in Artificial Intelligence is 32, which is 9.2% of the total amount of Early rounds in Latin America over the last 4 years.

Top 18 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Artificial Intelligence 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 8 funds. There are also funds from Chile, Peru and Mexico. The most common city is São Paulo which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Sao Paulo, Santiago and Lima. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and Brazil. They also invest in 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 Gamification, Real Estate and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2001 and the newest one in 2019. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2005 to 2021. 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 1, the maximum is 103. Average number of funding rounds is 29.6 while median is 17.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 50. Average amount of lead investments is 8.7 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.26 and the median is 9.83. 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 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less 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 1.27 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.21 and median is 0.0. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.