Top 16 investors in Australia and Oceania that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 16 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Australia and Oceania that have invested in Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Software Engineering industry.
Software engineering is application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. it includes software development applications, web development, and quantum computing, as well as quality assurance, iOS, and Android.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 23, which is 35.4% of the total amount of rounds in the Software Engineering industry in Australia and Oceania over the last 5 years.

Top 16 investors in Australia and Oceania that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Software Engineering 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 home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Melbourne, Surry Hills and Paddington. VCs tend to invest in startups from Australia, but also invest in startups from The United States, The United Kingdom, and Philippines. 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 Information Services, EdTech and Banking.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1835 and the newest one in 2018. 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2021 and 2003 are in the lead in the amount of successful exits. The peak was in 2021.
• 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 4, the maximum is 154. Average number of funding rounds is 32.9 while median is 17.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 34. Average amount of lead investments is 9.9 while median is 4.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -40.57 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -6.21 and the median is -7.67. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 4.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.65 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.24 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.