Intro

The top 7 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 Late stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in FinTech industry. FinTech refers to the integration of technology into financial services in order to improve their use and delivery to consumers. It includes micro lending, payments, personal finance, and financial software.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Latin America is $2.3B, which is 1.6% of the total amount of money raised in the FinTech industry in Late rounds over the last 2 years.

Top 7 investors in Latin America with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in FinTech industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among the top VCs is Brazil which hosts 5 funds. There are also funds from Mexico and Guatemala. The most common city is Sao Paulo which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from San Nicolás de los Garza, Porto Alegre and Guatemala City. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Brazil, but also invest in startups from The United States and Mexico. 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 Real Estate, Medical Service and Gamification.
  • Important Years - 2019 holds the most deals for 3 VCs. 2020, 2018 and 2016 were also fruitful.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 - 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 16, the maximum is 148. Average number of funding rounds is 80.3 while median is 82.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -11.24 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.99 and the median is -6.96. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds usually participate in rounds with 4 - 5 or 5 - 6 investors. Average round size for all funds is different. Average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for all funds is different.