Top 20 investors in Australia and Oceania that took part in the most funding rounds in Mobile industry 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 over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Mobile industry.
Mobile industry includes mobile payments, mobile apps, and app discovery.

Amount of funding rounds in Australia and Oceania is 45, which is 0.6% of the total amount of rounds in the Mobile industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Australia and Oceania that took part in the most funding rounds in Mobile industry 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 10 funds. There are also funds from Melbourne, Auckland and Perth. VCs tend to invest in startups from Australia, but also invest in startups from The United States, New Zealand, and India. 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 EdTech, Gamification and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1911 and the newest one in 2018. In 2012 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, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2007 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 1, the maximum is 177. Average number of funding rounds is 39.2 while median is 16.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 39. Average amount of lead investments is 9.2 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.34 and the median is 4.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands – 1 million or 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 7.61 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.19 and median is 1.17. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.