Top 13 investors in Australia and Oceania that took part in the most funding rounds in Gaming industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 13 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Gaming industry.
Gaming is about development, marketing, and monetization of video games. It includes online and offline games for pc and console and eSports.

Amount of funding rounds in Gaming is 19, which is 2.4% of the total amount of rounds in Australia and Oceania over the last 4 years.

Top 13 investors in Australia and Oceania that took part in the most funding rounds in Gaming 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 a home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Melbourne and Kelvin Grove. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: Australia and The United States 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 Entertainment, Business Development and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2016. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2017 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2009 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2009 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 177. Average number of funding rounds is 39.9 while median is 24.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 39. Average amount of lead investments is 10.8 while median is 7.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. 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 -4.54 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 – 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 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. 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 1.12 and median is 0.04. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.