Venture Capital can have a significant effect on Startups & Scaleups, Endeavor and Glisco worked on an analysis of determining factors in financing rounds to Latin America.
In recent years, a slowdown in the availability of capital has been identified, which has generated certain barriers for entrepreneurs who want to reach Late Stages of fundraising. This is reflected in the average time between Early Stage and Growth Equity investment stages, which has increased by 50% compared to 2021.
The average between rounds in Q1 2023 is 14 months, while in 2021 it was 9 months.
In particular, it is possible to note that the Late Stage rounds have doubled in time, which is consistent with the capital reduction seen in these stages in 2023.
Debt and lines of credit is a new financing alternative, with the decrease in capital this type of financing has greater relevance. as of Q1 2023, debt reached $344M, which represents 49% of total capital deployed.
As mentioned above, the number of companies that have chosen debt and lines of credit as a method of financing has increased; during the first quarter of 2023, capital in these financial instruments had an increase of 170% over the first quarter of the previous year.
A trend has been identified in the closing of companies, which has increased in recent years due to the decrease in capital. Investment funds take other types of strategies, with greater suitability towards profitability and solid long-term growth. From 2014 to 2022 the number of closed companies increased 5.4x times more.
In response to the closure of companies, one option that has been explored is acquisitions or exits of Startups. During Q1 2023, 33 acquisitions were recorded, representing a total of 60% of acquisitions over the previous year.
The shift in employment generation from decelerated capital raising since 2022 has shown stagnation in the last three quarters.
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