Top 7 investors in Latin America with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Energy industry over the recent years

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 Seed 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 money raised in Energy funding rounds is $6.4M, which is 0.6% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds in Latin America over the last 5 years.

Top 7 investors in Latin America with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Energy 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 4 funds. There are also funds from Mexico, Chile and Argentina. The most common city is Sao Paulo which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Viamão, Santiago and Mexico City. VCs tend to invest in startups from Brazil, but also invest in startups from The United States, Portugal, 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 – There are two fields that VCs in the sample invest in more often: Finance and Industrial. They also invest in Enterprise Software and Gamification.
• Important Years – 2019 holds the most deals for 3 VCs. 2017 and 2016 were fruitful for other funds.
• 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 2, the maximum is 103. Average number of funding rounds is 38.0 while median is 19.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 84. Average amount of lead investments is 22.1 while median is 7.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -66.95 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.15 and the median is -9.89. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 1 – 5 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 467.4, 1.19 and 1.16 are less common.