Top 8 investors in Australia and Oceania with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Information Services industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 8 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 Information Services industry.
Information services create, manage, and deliver information. It includes cloud computing, systems and information management, and IT consulting and outsourcing.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Australia and Oceania is $281.5M, which is 0.2% of the total amount of money raised in the Information Services industry over the last 2 years.

Top 8 investors in Australia and Oceania with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Information Services 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 5 funds. There are also funds from North Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Australia, but also invest in startups from The United States and New Zealand. 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 Human Resources, EdTech and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1997 and the newest one in 2017. 2019 holds the most deals for 3 VCs. 2020, 2018 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 7, the maximum is 177. Average number of funding rounds is 52.6 while median is 41.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 38. Average amount of lead investments is 13.0 while median is 11.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -40.57 and 27.44 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -7.1 and the median is -5.74. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Venture stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 3 – 4 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 0.5 and median is 0.28. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.