Top 20 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Enterprise 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 Seed stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Enterprise industry.
Enterprise industry supports every aspect of running a large-scale business. It includes project and product management, enterprise software, and data mining, as well as supply chain management, customer relations, and billing.

Amount of funding rounds in Enterprise is 117, which is 14.0% of the total amount of Seed rounds in Latin America over the last 4 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is Brazil which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from Chile and Mexico. The most common city is Sao Paulo which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Santiago, Mexico City and Belo Horizonte. VCs tend to invest in startups from Brazil, but also invest in startups from Chile, The United States, and Mexico. 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 1939 and the newest one in 2017. In 2016 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. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2014 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2015 became the year with the most successful exits.
• 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 6, the maximum is 863. Average number of funding rounds is 93.0 while median is 39.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 23. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 84. Average amount of lead investments is 16.6 while median is 7.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -66.95 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.3 and the median is 0.16. 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 2 – 3 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common range is 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 467.4 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 28.56 and median is 0.48. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.