Top 20 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Early funding rounds 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 2 years.

Amount of funding rounds in Latin America is 103, which is 1.0% of the total amount of Early rounds over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Early funding rounds over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Brazil which hosts 11 funds. There are also funds from Mexico, Chile and Argentina. The most common city is São Paulo which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Mexico City, Santiago and Sao Paulo. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Brazil, but also invest in startups from Mexico and The United States. 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 Real Estate, EdTech and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2018. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 56. Average number of funding rounds is 21.4 while median is 21.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 25. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 31. Average amount of lead investments is 9.5 while median is 6.5. 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 -1.81 and the median is -1.71. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 1 – 2 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 1 – 5 million and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.06 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.51 and median is 0.36. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.