Top 15 investors in Australia and Oceania that took part in the most funding rounds in Digital Media industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 15 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Digital Media industry.
Digital Media is digitized content that can be transferred through the internet and various electronic devices. It includes music and video streaming, blogging platforms and podcasts, and online portals and news.

Amount of funding rounds in Australia and Oceania is 22, which is 0.7% of the total amount of rounds in the Digital Media industry over the last 5 years.

Top 15 investors in Australia and Oceania that took part in the most funding rounds in Digital Media 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, Ngahere and Kelvin Grove. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Australia, but also invest in startups from The United States and Nigeria. 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 Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1911 and the newest one in 2017. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• 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 2, the maximum is 177. Average number of funding rounds is 29.7 while median is 12.0. 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 38. Average amount of lead investments is 8.1 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 -41.83 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.85 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 Secondary Market stages are less common. Funding rounds with these VCs have 1 – 2 or 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 0.0 at minimum and 3.37 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.87 and median is 0.63. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.