Top 20 investors in Latin America that took part in the most funding rounds in Electronics 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 over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Electronics industry.
Electronics is about manufacturing, design and development, assembly, and servicing of electronic equipment and components. It includes hardware, semiconductor, and b2c electronics (mobile devices, household appliances, sensors etc.).

Amount of funding rounds in Latin America is 60, which is 0.7% of the total amount of rounds in the Electronics industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Latin America that took part in the most funding rounds in Electronics 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 15 funds. There are also funds from Chile, Mexico and Guatemala. The most common city is Sao Paulo which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from Curitiba, São Paulo and Santiago. VCs tend to invest in startups from Brazil, but also invest in startups from The United States, Mexico, and Chile. 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 Business Development, Gamification and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2006 and the newest one in 2019. In 2011 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2010 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2021 was the peak for successful exits. 2020, 2019, and 2017 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 2, the maximum is 863. Average number of funding rounds is 85.1 while median is 23.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 82. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 76. Average amount of lead investments is 13.0 while median is 3.5. 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 2.08 and the median is 5.9. 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 Late stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors VCs in the sample have an average round size of 1 – 5 million or less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 34.2 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.67 and median is 0.29. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.