Top 7 investors in Australia and Oceania with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 7 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Software Engineering industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Australia and Oceania is $142.6M, which is 0.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Software Engineering industry over the last 2 years.

Top 7 investors in Australia and Oceania with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Software Engineering 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 4 funds. There are also funds from Surry Hills, Paddington and Melbourne. 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 Banking. They also invest in EdTech and Business Development.
• Important Years – 2020 holds the most deals for 3 VCs. 2017, 2018 and 2013 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 or 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 120. Average number of funding rounds is 29.4 while median is 10.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 38. Average amount of lead investments is 12.9 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 22. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -29.33 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.22 and the median is -0.69. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs in the sample usually invest at Early Stage and Seed stages. Late Stage stage is less common. Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors, less often in rounds with 3 – 4 or 1 – 2 investors. Average round size for all funds is different. 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 0.57 and median is 0.28.