Top 20 investors in Australia and Oceania that took part in the most Seed funding rounds over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Australia and Oceania that have invested in Seed stage over the last 4 years.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 347, which is 43.8% of the total amount of rounds in Australia and Oceania over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Australia and Oceania that took part in the most Seed funding rounds over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in Australia while others are in New Zealand. The most common city is Sydney which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Melbourne, Auckland and Paddington. VCs tend to invest in startups from Australia, but also invest in startups from The United States, New Zealand, and Indonesia. 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 Security, Gamification and EdTech.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2003 and the newest one in 2018. In 2014 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2003 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2021 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 177. Average number of funding rounds is 51.0 while median is 39.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 23. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 39. Average amount of lead investments is 11.8 while median is 10.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -41.83 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.91 and the median is 3.17. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is -11.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2 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 5.28 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.04 and median is 0.16. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.