Top 6 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Energy industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 6 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Latin America that have invested in Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Energy industry. Energy sector is about production, management, and distribution of energy. It includes utilities, power grid, and nuclear and clean energy.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 11, which is 31.4% of the total amount of rounds in the Energy industry in Latin America over the last 5 years.

Top 6 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Energy industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography - The most common country among the top VCs is Mexico which hosts 3 funds. There are also funds from Brazil and Colombia. The most common city is Mexico City which is a home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Sao Paulo and Medellín. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Mexico, but also invest in startups from Brazil and Colombia. The country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide for all the funds.
• Industry Focus - The funds’ most common field for investments is Finance. They also invest in Industrial, Social and Medical Service.
• Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 - 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -52.4 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.97 and the median is -3.06. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds - Funds usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 or 1 - 2 investors. Average round size for all funds is different. Average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for all funds is different.