Top 8 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in E-Commerce Platforms industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 8 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 3 years. They are actively investing in E-Commerce Platforms industry.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 17, which is 21.2% of the total amount of rounds in the E-Commerce Platforms industry in Latin America over the last 3 years.

Top 8 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in E-Commerce Platforms industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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 Barbados. The most common city is São Paulo which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Weymouth, San Pedro and Mexico City. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: Brazil and Mexico with the majority investing in Brazil. 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 Banking. They also invest in EdTech, Real Estate and Marketplace.
• Important Years – 2008 is the year when the most amount of the funds from the sample were founded. Some other popular years are 2011, 2007, and 2005. 2019 holds the most deals for 3 VCs. 2014, 2020 and 2017 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 56. Average number of funding rounds is 27.5 while median is 27.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 31. Average amount of lead investments is 13.8 while median is 11.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 9.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -13.66 and the median is -10.35. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 10 – 50 million, more often than 100 thousands – 1 million or 1 – 5 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 0.5 and median is 0.24. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.