Top 20 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Enterprise industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 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 Enterprise industry.
Enterprise industry supports every aspect of running a large-scale business. It includes project and product management, enterprise software, and data mining, as well as supply chain management, customer relations, and billing.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 54, which is 26.2% of the total amount of rounds in the Enterprise industry in Latin America over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Enterprise 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 14 funds. There are also funds from Mexico, Peru and Guatemala. The most common city is Sao Paulo which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Rio De Janeiro, Mexico City and Viamão. VCs tend to invest in startups from Brazil, but also invest in startups from The United States, Mexico, and Portugal. 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 1989 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 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2021 was the peak for successful exits. 2015, 2020, and 2019 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 3, the maximum is 148. Average number of funding rounds is 48.2 while median is 34.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 50. Average amount of lead investments is 10.2 while median is 5.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -52.4 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 6.69 and the median is 16.04. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 5.22 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.06 and median is 0.3. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.