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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 3 years. They are actively investing in Virtual Currency industry. Virtual currency is an electronic representation of value and can be traded or used as payment. It includes cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and etherium.

Amount of funding rounds in Latin America is 10, which is 2.8% of the total amount of Early rounds in the Virtual Currency industry over the last 3 years.

Top 9 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Virtual Currency industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The majority of VCs are located in Brazil while others are in Argentina. The most common city is Sao Paulo which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from São Paulo, Rio De Janeiro and Buenos Aires. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Brazil, but also invest in startups from The United States 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 Finance. They also invest in Gamification, Enterprise Software and Autonomous Vehicles.
  • Important Years - Funds from the sample were founded in 2019 and 2011 more often. Some other popular years are 2005, and 2016. 2020 holds the most deals for 4 VCs. 2019, 2014 and 2005 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 2, the maximum is 234. Average number of funding rounds is 90.4 while median is 91.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 50. Average amount of lead investments is 12.2 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 8. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -26.34 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 12.92 and the median is 22.13. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds participate in rounds with 5 - 6 or 3 - 4 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 1 - 5 million. Less common range is 10 - 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 3.49 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.42 and median is 0.97. The most common multiplicator value is 3.49.