Top 20 investors in Latin America with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Banking industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total money raised in the 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 Banking industry.

Amount of money raised in Banking funding rounds is $1.3B, which is 23.1% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in Latin America over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Latin America with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Banking industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are Mexico and Brazil. They host 8 VCs each. There are also funds from Chile and Argentina. There is an equal amount of VCs in São Paulo and Mexico City which host 7 funds each. There are also funds from Santiago and San Pedro. VCs in the sample usually invest in Mexico and Brazil. They also invest in The United States and Panama. 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 Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, EdTech and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1983 and the newest one in 2020. In 2011 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 7 – 12 or in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 166. Average number of funding rounds is 29.6 while median is 19.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 14. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 31. Average amount of lead investments is 8.9 while median is 7.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.06 and the median is -1.71. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Seed and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Venture and Late stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 4 – 5 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, less than 100 thousands and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.06 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.54 and median is 0.36. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.