Top 15 investors in Australia and Oceania that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in E-Commerce 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 in Seed stage over the last 3 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 funding rounds in E-Commerce is 26, which is 10.8% of the total amount of Seed rounds in Australia and Oceania over the last 3 years.

Top 15 investors in Australia and Oceania that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in E-Commerce 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. There is an equal amount of VCs in Sydney and Melbourne which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from 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 Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2003 and the newest one in 2019. In 2014 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2020. For some funds, 2015 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2009 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
• 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 2, the maximum is 177. Average number of funding rounds is 53.5 while median is 36.0. 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 12.5 while median is 7.0. 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 -0.4 and the median is 4.0. 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 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands – 1 million or 1 – 5 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 1.2 and median is 0.15. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.