Top 15 investors in Australia and Oceania with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Electronics 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 Seed stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Electronics industry.
Electronics is about manufacturing, design and development, assembly, and servicing of electronic equipment and components. It includes hardware, semiconductor, and b2c electronics (mobile devices, household appliances, sensors etc.).

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Australia and Oceania is $31.5M, which is 0.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Electronics industry in Seed rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 15 investors in Australia and Oceania with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Electronics 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 6 funds. There are also funds from Melbourne, 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 Gamification, Business Development and Mobile/Apps.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2017. In 2014 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2019. For some funds, 2017 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2021 was the peak for successful exits. 2019, 2014, and 2008 are the runner ups.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 or 2 – 6 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 177. Average number of funding rounds is 52.5 while median is 36.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 39. Average amount of lead investments is 12.7 while median is 15.0. 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 -2.38 and the median is 3.65. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• 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 1 – 5 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 5.28 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.31 and median is 0.12. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.