Top 19 investors in Latin America that took part in the most funding rounds in Media and Entertainment industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 19 investors according to the total amount of 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 Media and Entertainment industry.
Media and entertainment is a large sector that includes music, movies, theatre, dating and sex industry, gambling, event management, photofraphy, publishing, cirtual reality, and graphic design.

Amount of funding rounds in Latin America is 33, which is 0.9% of the total amount of rounds in the Media and Entertainment industry over the last 4 years.

Top 19 investors in Latin America that took part in the most funding rounds in Media and Entertainment 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 9 funds. There are also funds from Mexico, Chile and Uruguay. There is an equal amount of VCs in Mexico City and Sao Paulo which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Rio De Janeiro and Santiago. VCs tend to invest in startups from Brazil, but also invest in startups from The United States, Mexico, 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, Social and Art (Auctions).
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2004 and the newest one in 2019. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2020. For some funds, 2017 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2020 was the peak for successful exits. 2021, 2018, and 2015 are the runner ups.
• 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 5, the maximum is 863. Average number of funding rounds is 78.7 while median is 23.0. 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 84. Average amount of lead investments is 11.9 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 7.78 and the median is 14.71. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Venture and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 467.4 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 29.81 and median is 0.22. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.