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 Financial Services industry. Financial services are provided to people and companies. It includes accounting, audit, and tax services, as well as asset management, investment and financing advisory, and brokerage.

Amount of funding rounds in Latin America is 292, which is 2.4% of the total amount of rounds in the Financial Services industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Latin America that took part in the most funding rounds in Financial Services industry over the recent years
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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 Sao Paulo which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from Mexico City, Santiago and San Nicolás de los Garza. VCs tend to invest in startups from Brazil, but also invest in startups from Mexico, The United States, 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 Gamification, Enterprise Software and Business Development.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2004 and the newest one in 2016. In 2011 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2014 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2021 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 16, the maximum is 863. Average number of funding rounds is 118.4 while median is 73.0. 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 15.0 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -26.34 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 9.05 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 - Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Venture and Late stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 - 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 1 - 5 million. Less common range is 100 thousands - 1 million. 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 2.72 and median is 0.34. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.