Top 15 investors in Australia and Oceania with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Health Care industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 15 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 Early stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Health Care industry.
Health care provides medical services, manufactures medical equipment or drugs, and facilitates the provision of healthcare to patients. It includes pharmaceutical and first aid, nursing and residential care, and health diagnostics and medical devices, as well as funeral, rehabilitation, and cannabis.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Australia and Oceania is $1.3B, which is 0.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Health Care industry in Early rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 15 investors in Australia and Oceania with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Health Care 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 9 funds. There are also funds from Melbourne, Paddington and Brisbane. 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 Business Development, Real Estate and Bio & Nano Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1987 and the newest one in 2017. In 2004 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2001 to 2019. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2008 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2009 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 177. Average number of funding rounds is 49.3 while median is 29.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 29. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 39. Average amount of lead investments is 12.9 while median is 7.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -12.05 and the median is -12.67. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• Typical Rounds – 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 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 5 – 10 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 1.37 and median is 0.26. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.