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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 Seed stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Business Development industry. Business Development is all about helping a business to grow. It includes consulting, business processes outsourcing, subscription services, and so on.

Amount of funding rounds in Latin America is 54, which is 3.2% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Business Development industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Business Development industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is Brazil which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from Mexico, Chile and Argentina. The most common city is Sao Paulo which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from São Paulo, Mexico City and Santiago. VCs tend to invest in startups from Brazil, but also invest in startups from Mexico, Chile, and Argentina. 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 EdTech.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2005 and the newest one in 2020. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2015 was the peak year for successful exits. 2017 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 1, the maximum is 863. Average number of funding rounds is 85.6 while median is 21.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 76. Average amount of lead investments is 11.6 while median is 1.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. 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 10.26 and the median is 20.08. 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 1 - 2 or 3 - 4 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 1 - 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 558500000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 32852941.53 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.