Top 20 investors in Latin America with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in E-Commerce Platforms 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 in Seed stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in E-Commerce Platforms industry.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $89.6M, which is 7.6% of the total amount of money raised in the E-Commerce Platforms industry in Latin America over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Latin America with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in E-Commerce Platforms 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 7 VCs each. There are also funds from Chile and Uruguay. There is an equal amount of VCs in São Paulo and Mexico City which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Santiago and Montevideo. VCs tend to invest in startups from Mexico, but also invest in startups from Brazil, The United States, 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 Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, EdTech and Manufacturing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2005 and the newest one in 2017. In 2010 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.
• 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 790. Average number of funding rounds is 57.2 while median is 13.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 76. Average amount of lead investments is 10.6 while median is 3.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -39.42 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 3.54 and the median is 1.62. 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 3 – 4, 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors more often than 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 10 – 50 million and 50 – 100 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 0.48 and median is 0.26. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.