Top 8 investors in Latin America that took part in the most funding rounds in Social Network 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 over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Social Network industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Latin America is 11, which is 1.5% of the total amount of rounds in the Social Network industry over the last 3 years.

Top 8 investors in Latin America that took part in the most funding rounds in Social Network 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 Chile and Argentina. The most common city is São Paulo which is a home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Santiago and Buenos Aires. VCs tend to invest in startups from Brazil, but also invest in startups from The United States, Chile, and Argentina. 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 Enterprise Software, Marketing and Transportation.
• Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1939 and the newest one in 2017. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded.
• Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24, 2 or in 7 - 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 790. Average number of funding rounds is 139.1 while median is 37.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 76. Average amount of lead investments is 18.5 while median is 7.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -9.89 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 6.88 and the median is 1.32. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds - The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Seed stage. Early, Private Equity and Grant stages are less common. Funds usually participate in rounds with 1 - 2 investors, less often in rounds with 3 - 4 or 2 - 3 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 100 thousands - 1 million, more often than 10 - 50 million or 1 - 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.56 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.42 and median is 0.22. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.