Top 11 investors in Australia and Oceania that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Financial Services industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 11 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Australia and Oceania that have invested in Early stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Financial Services industry.
Financial services are provided to people and companies. It includes accounting, audit, and tax services, as well as asset management, investment and financing advisory, and brokerage.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 14, which is 28.6% of the total amount of rounds in the Financial Services industry in Australia and Oceania over the last 2 years.

Top 11 investors in Australia and Oceania that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Financial Services industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in Australia. The most common city is Sydney which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: Australia and Indonesia with the majority investing in Australia. 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, Information Services and Gamification.
• Important Years – 2016 is the year when the most amount of the funds from the sample were founded. Some other popular years are 2014, 2004, and 2018. 2019 holds the most deals for 6 VCs. 2018, 2020 and 2015 were also fruitful. 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 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 177. Average number of funding rounds is 40.5 while median is 22.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 17. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 39. Average amount of lead investments is 9.4 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 19.91 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -4.26 and the median is -11.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less 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 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 7.48 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.43 and median is 0.07. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.