Top 12 investors in Australia and Oceania that took part in the most funding rounds in Agriculture industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 12 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 Agriculture industry.
Agriculture covers everything that is grown for human use. It includes farming and cultivation, hydroponics and agtech, and forestry.

Amount of funding rounds in Australia and Oceania is 19, which is 1.2% of the total amount of rounds in the Agriculture industry over the last 3 years.

Top 12 investors in Australia and Oceania that took part in the most funding rounds in Agriculture 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, Surry Hills and Paddington. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Australia, but also invest in startups from The United States 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 Agriculture, EdTech and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2019. In 2014 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2020 and 2017. 2019 and 2016 were less fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 or 2 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 177. Average number of funding rounds is 41.9 while median is 29.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 38. Average amount of lead investments is 11.1 while median is 6.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -40.57 and 19.91 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -4.54 and the median is -3.5. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Seed and Early 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 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 5 – 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.27 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.45 and median is 0.38. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.