Top 7 investors in Australia and Oceania that took part in the most Early funding rounds in EdTech industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 7 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 EdTech industry.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 10, which is 37.0% of the total amount of rounds in the EdTech industry in Australia and Oceania over the last 5 years.

Top 7 investors in Australia and Oceania that took part in the most Early funding rounds in EdTech industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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 3 funds. There are also funds from Perth, Paddington and Melbourne. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Australia, but also invest in startups from The United States and Panama. For 3 funds in the sample, 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, Real Estate and Information Technology.
• Important Years – 2016 is the year when the most amount of the funds from the sample were founded. Some other popular years are 2017, 2014, and 2012. Years with the most deals are 2019 and 2018. 2017 was less fruitful.
• 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 3, the maximum is 31. Average number of funding rounds is 12.9 while median is 9.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -43.73 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.13 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 – Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors, less often in rounds with 3 – 4 or 7 – 8 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 500 million – 1 billion, 5 – 10 million and 1 – 5 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 3.37, 0.51 and 0.41 are less common.