Top 20 investors in Latin America with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Telecommunications 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Telecommunications industry.
Telecommunications is about making communication possible. It includes providing cable and internet services, voice and video chatting, internet and communication software and hardware, as well as wireless technologies and NFC.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Latin America is $140.9M, which is 1.9% of the total amount of money raised in the Telecommunications industry in Seed rounds over the last 4 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Brazil which hosts 9 funds. There are also funds from Mexico, Chile and Colombia. The most common city is Sao Paulo which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from São Paulo, Santiago and Mexico City. VCs tend to invest in startups from Brazil, but also invest in startups from Mexico, Chile, and The United States. 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 Industrial, Business Development and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2001 and the newest one in 2020. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 148. Average number of funding rounds is 39.2 while median is 23.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 50. Average amount of lead investments is 8.8 while median is 5.0. 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 2.63 and the median is 0.66. 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 2 – 3 or 3 – 4 investors VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands and 100 thousands – 1 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 0.56 and median is 0.34. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.