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The top 20 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Enterprise industry. Enterprise industry supports every aspect of running a large-scale business. It includes project and product management, enterprise software, and data mining, as well as supply chain management, customer relations, and billing.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Australia and Oceania is $746.7M, which is 0.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Enterprise industry in Early rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Australia and Oceania with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Enterprise 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, Brisbane and Paddington. 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 Business Development, Real Estate and Mobile/Apps.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1997 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 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2009 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2017 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 4, the maximum is 177. Average number of funding rounds is 43.4 while median is 19.0. 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 8.8 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.63 and the median is 6.25. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is -11.0.
  • 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 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 8.71 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.28 and median is close to zero. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.