Top 9 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Security industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 9 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Security industry.
Security provides manned and technical services and products for the protection of people, premises or property. It includes penetration testing and intrusion detection, cloud and cyber security, and homeland security, as well as privacy, biometrics, and fraud detection.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 17, which is 34.7% of the total amount of rounds in the Security industry in Latin America over the last 4 years.

Top 9 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Security 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Peru and Mexico. The most common city is Sao Paulo which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from São Paulo, Mexico City and Lima. VCs tend to invest in startups from Brazil, but also invest in startups from The United States, Peru, 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 Gamification, Real Estate and Mobile/Apps.
• Important Years – 2019 holds the most deals for 5 VCs. 2020 and 2017 were fruitful for other funds.
• 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 18, the maximum is 148. Average number of funding rounds is 66.6 while median is 54.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 7 and maximum is 50. Average amount of lead investments is 21.4 while median is 15.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 8. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -52.4 and 23.59 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -11.12 and the median is -11.24. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 558500000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 69812500.17 and median is 0.18. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.