Top 7 investors in Australia and Oceania with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Biotechnology 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 in Seed stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Biotechnology industry.
Biotechnology is the use of biology to make or develop products. It includes biopharmaceutical, genetics, and neuroscience.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Australia and Oceania is $38.3M, which is 0.8% of the total amount of money raised in the Biotechnology industry in Seed rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 7 investors in Australia and Oceania with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Biotechnology 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 Melbourne which is a home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Sydney and Auckland. 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 Business Development, Agriculture and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2004 and the newest one in 2019. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 3 VCs. 2020, 2017 and 2015 were also fruitful.
• 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 177. Average number of funding rounds is 69.0 while median is 29.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 39. Average amount of lead investments is 17.0 while median is 16.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -40.57 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.29 and the median is 4.97. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 3 – 4 investors. Average round size for all funds is different. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 5.49, 3.86 and 3.83 are less common.