Intro

The top 11 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Australia and Oceania that have invested in Seed stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in E-Commerce industry. E-Commerce is about buying and selling goods and services over the internet. It includes online auctions and marketplace, price comparison, and consumer reviews.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $20.4M, which is 1.0% of the total amount of money raised in the E-Commerce industry in Australia and Oceania over the last 2 years.

Top 11 investors in Australia and Oceania with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in E-Commerce industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The majority of VCs are located in Australia while others are in New Zealand. The most common city is Melbourne which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Australia, but also invest in startups from The United States and New Zealand. 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 Agriculture, Real Estate and EdTech.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2003 and the newest one in 2019. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. 2015 holds the most deals for 4 VCs. 2020, 2019 and 2017 were also fruitful. 2019 was the peak for successful exits. 2021, 2017, and 2016 are the runner ups.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 or 2 - 6 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 177. Average number of funding rounds is 59.5 while median is 60.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 19. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 39. Average amount of lead investments is 12.7 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 3.82 and the median is 4.97. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 - 3 or 3 - 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands - 1 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 5.49 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.39 and median is 0.15. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.