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 3 years. They are actively investing in Lifestyle industry. Lifestyle seeks to inspire, guide, and motivate people. It includes wellness and sports, travel and outdoors, and fashion and beauty, as well as nightclub, clothing, art, and family.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $63.3M, which is 9.2% of the total amount of money raised in the Lifestyle industry in Latin America over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Latin America with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Lifestyle industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is Brazil which hosts 7 funds. There are also funds from Chile, Argentina and Peru. There is an equal amount of VCs in Sao Paulo and Santiago which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Mexico City and Lima. VCs in the sample usually invest in Brazil and The United States. They also invest in 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 EdTech, Business Development and Gamification.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1939 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 2012 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2021 and 2019 hold the biggest amount of successful exits. 2017 and 2018 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 135. Average number of funding rounds is 39.1 while median is 23.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 50. Average amount of lead investments is 8.1 while median is 2.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 9.46 and the median is 12.33. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
  • Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 - 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 1 - 5 million and less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 344.83 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 19.77 and median is 0.26. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.