Intro

The top 17 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Education industry. Education provides instruction and training on a wide variety of subjects. It includes primary, higher and secondary education, language learning, and edutainment, as well as EdTech and educational and training services.

Amount of funding rounds in Australia and Oceania is 19, which is 1.1% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Education industry over the last 4 years.

Top 17 investors in Australia and Oceania that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Education industry over the recent years
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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, Perth and Auckland. 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 Medical Service, Gamification and EdTech.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2002 and the newest one in 2016. In 2016 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2021 was the peak for successful exits. 2019, 2018, and 2014 are the runner ups.
  • 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 1, the maximum is 177. Average number of funding rounds is 39.2 while median is 22.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 39. Average amount of lead investments is 10.1 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -54.33 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -1.54 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 - VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 - 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 - 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands - 1 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 7.48 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.23 and median is 0.04. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.