Top 18 investors in Latin America with the biggest sum of funding rounds in EdTech industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 18 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 5 years. They are actively investing in EdTech industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Latin America is $105.3M, which is 0.2% of the total amount of money raised in the EdTech industry over the last 5 years.

Top 18 investors in Latin America with the biggest sum of funding rounds in EdTech 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 6 funds. There are also funds from Mexico, Chile and Peru. The most common city is São Paulo which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Santiago, Mexico City and Lima. VCs in the sample invest in Brazil, The United States and Mexico more often than they do in 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 Banking. They also invest in EdTech, Enterprise Software and Marketing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1939 and the newest one in 2018. In 2011 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 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 7 – 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 790. Average number of funding rounds is 62.8 while median is 16.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 76. Average amount of lead investments is 12.4 while median is 7.0. 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 -4.2 and the median is -1.18. It means that these funds act as lead investors less 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. Funds participate in rounds with 1 – 2 or 3 – 4 investors more often than in rounds with 2 – 3 or 7 – 8 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 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.04 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.31 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.