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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 in Seed stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Banking industry. Banking handles cash, credit, and other financial transactions. It includes lending and credit, banking institutions, debit cards, and transaction processing.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $99.2M, which is 5.4% of the total amount of money raised in the Banking industry in Latin America over the last 5 years.

Top 18 investors in Latin America with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Banking industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common countries among top VCs are Mexico and Brazil. They host 7 VCs each. There are also funds from Peru and Colombia. The most common city is Mexico City which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from São Paulo, Sao Paulo and Santiago. VCs in the sample usually invest in Mexico and Brazil. They also invest in The United States and Argentina. 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, Enterprise Software and EdTech.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2005 and the newest one in 2020. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 - 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 148. Average number of funding rounds is 45.6 while median is 31.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 23. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 31. Average amount of lead investments is 8.9 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -18.83 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 8.09 and the median is 8.86. 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 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 - 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands - 1 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 558500000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 39892857.66 and median is 0.34. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.