Top 20 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Lifestyle 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Lifestyle industry.
Lifestyle seeks to inspire, guide, and motivate people. It includes wellness and sports, travel and outdoors, and fashion and beauty, as well as nightclub, clothing, art, and family.

Amount of funding rounds in Lifestyle is 51, which is 10.5% of the total amount of Early rounds in Latin America over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Lifestyle 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 12 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 Mexico City, Rio De Janeiro and Viamão. VCs tend to invest in startups from Brazil, but also invest in startups from Mexico, The United States, 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, Business Development and EdTech.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1989 and the newest one in 2017. In 2011 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2015 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 148. Average number of funding rounds is 50.8 while median is 34.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 50. Average amount of lead investments is 10.8 while median is 6.0. 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 6.86 and the median is 21.5. 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 4 – 5 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 1 – 5 million. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 5.09 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.94 and median is 0.29. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.