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Top 20 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in FinTech industry over the recent years

Top 20 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in FinTech 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 2 years. They are actively investing in FinTech industry.
FinTech refers to the integration of technology into financial services in order to improve their use and delivery to consumers. It includes micro lending, payments, personal finance, and financial software.

Amount of funding rounds in FinTech is 62, which is 17.3% of the total amount of Seed rounds in Latin America over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in FinTech 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 Peru. The most common city is Sao Paulo which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Mexico City, Santiago and Monclova. VCs tend to invest in startups from Brazil, but also invest in startups from Mexico, The United States, and Peru. 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, EdTech and Business Development.
  • Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2004 and the newest one in 2020. In 2011 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 8 VCs. 2019, 2018 and 2016 were also fruitful.
  • 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 3, the maximum is 156. Average number of funding rounds is 50.4 while median is 28.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 31. Average amount of lead investments is 7.0 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.14 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 10.2 and the median is 14.71. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
  • Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 2 – 3 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 1 – 5 million. Less common range is 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 2.9 and median is 0.39. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.
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