Top 9 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in GreenTech 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 Seed stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in GreenTech industry.
GreenTech relates to products or services that improve operational performance while also reducing costs, energy consumption, waste, or negative effects on the environment. It includes recycling and waste management, CleanTech, and environmental engineering.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 11, which is 50.0% of the total amount of rounds in the GreenTech industry in Latin America over the last 5 years.

Top 9 investors in Latin America that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in GreenTech industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are Brazil and Argentina. They host 3 VCs each. There are also funds from Chile and Mexico. The most common city is Sao Paulo which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Santiago, Rosario and Region Metropolitana. VCs in the sample usually invest in Brazil and Argentina. They also invest in Chile and The United States. 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 Enterprise Software, Art (Auctions) and Mobile/Apps.
• Important Years – 2010 is the year when the most amount of the funds from the sample were founded. Some other popular years are 2012, 2011, and 2016. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2020. For some funds, 2017 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 863. Average number of funding rounds is 164.6 while median is 55.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 84. Average amount of lead investments is 21.9 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -66.95 and 27.08 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.5 and the median is 19.5. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 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 467.4 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 63.72 and median is 1.19. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.