Latin America startup investment declined sequentially in the first quarter of this year, driven by a drop in later-stage dealmaking. Even so, funding was above the depressed levels seen a year ago, and early-stage dealmaking showed signs of strength. Altogether, investors put just over $800 million into seed through growth-stage deals across Central America and South America in Q1, per Crunchbase data. That's about 17% higher than year-ago levels, but down about 35% from the prior quarter, a robust period for late-stage dealmaking. !function(e,n,i,s){var d="InfogramEmbeds";var o=e.getElementsByTagName(n)[0];if(window[d]&&window[d].initialized)window[d].process&&window[d].process();else if(!e.getElementById(i)){var r=e.createElement(n);r.async=1,r.id=i,r.src=s,o.parentNode.insertBefore(r,o)}}(document,"script","infogram-async","https://e.infogram.com/js/dist/embed-loader-min.js"); Round counts declined sequentially and year over year across stages. We expect the Q1 deal counts to...
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