:quality(75)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/bloomberglinea/ILTPIGGMXJDY5HOEHHROSMF4TM.jpg "The country leads the region in the number of deals, with 2,222 transactions to November.")
Bloomberg — A total of 929 venture capital deals were carried out year-to-November across Latin America, for a total $16.88 billion, a 48.88% increase in the number of deals and up 243.48% in value year-on-year.
The number of deals across the region in November totaled 157, for a combined value of $12.43 billion, according to a report by Transactional Track Record (TTR).
The number of asset acquisitions to November totaled 364, with a combined value of $26.15 billion. In general terms, M&A deals to November totaled 3,152 in the region, of which 1,553 totaled $135.77 billion in value, which is a 39.41% increase in volume and a 124.93% increase in value compared with the same period of 2020, according to TTR.
Brazil leads the region in the number of deals, with 2,222 transactions to November, a year-on-year increase of 51%, and with a combined value of $86.74 billion, which represents a 145% increase.
Mexico is in second place, with 344 operaciones, which represents a 26% increase, and a combined value of $16.92 billion, a 59% year-on-year increase.
Chile remains in third place with 300 transactions, an increase of 44%, and with a 145% increase in capital mobilized, totaling$16.29 billion, according to TTR.
Colombia ‘s 196 transactions put the country in fourth place, a 35% increase in volume, with a value of $11.11 billion, an increase of 150%. Argentina is in fifth place, with 173 transactions (a 27% increase) and a value of $12.04 billion, up 524%.
Peru recorded 100 venture capital transactions, up 11%, with a value of$3.79 billion, a 261% increase over the same period last year.
As a standout transaction for November 2021, Transactional Track Record pointed to Brookfield Americas Infrastructure Holdings I’s sale of 34% of Brookfield Americas Infrastructure Holdings Inversiones Chile.
