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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 over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Hardware/Electronics industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Australia and Oceania is $295.3M, which is 0.4% of the total amount of money raised in the Hardware/Electronics industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Australia and Oceania with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Hardware/Electronics 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 11 funds. There are also funds from Melbourne, Auckland and Brisbane. VCs tend to invest in startups from Australia, but also invest in startups from The United States, New Zealand, and The United Kingdom. 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 Banking. They also invest in EdTech, Business Development and Telecommunications.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1835 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 2021. For some funds, 2015 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 or in 7 - 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 120. Average number of funding rounds is 25.6 while median is 21.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 38. Average amount of lead investments is 9.7 while median is 6.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 26.87 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -8.16 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 - Seed and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 - 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 - 2, 3 - 4 or 4 - 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 5 - 10 million, 100 thousands - 1 million and 1 - 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.27 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.36 and median is 0.24. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.