Top 20 investors in Australia and Oceania with the biggest sum of funding rounds in E-Commerce industry over the recent years

Intro

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 over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in E-Commerce industry.
E-Commerce is about buying and selling goods and services over the internet. It includes online auctions and marketplace, price comparison, and consumer reviews.

Amount of money raised in E-Commerce funding rounds is $2.1B, which is 15.0% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in Australia and Oceania over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Australia and Oceania with the biggest sum of funding rounds in E-Commerce 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 11 funds. There are also funds from Melbourne, Brisbane and Paddington. 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 Gamification, Business Development and Mobile/Apps.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1858 and the newest one in 2016. In 2014 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2009 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 111. Average number of funding rounds is 34.6 while median is 27.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 23. Average amount of lead investments is 8.6 while median is 5.0. 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 -2.35 and the median is -11.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -11.0.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Private Equity stages are less common. 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 less than 100 thousands. 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 0.92 and median is 0.04. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.