Top 9 investors in Australia and Oceania with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Civil Engineering industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 9 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Civil Engineering industry.
Civil Engineering deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the built environment. It includes architecture and construction, green and smart buildings and cities, and home renovation.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Australia and Oceania is $52.0M, which is 0.1% of the total amount of money raised in the Civil Engineering industry over the last 4 years.

Top 9 investors in Australia and Oceania with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Civil Engineering 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 4 funds. There are also funds from Melbourne, Paddington and Ngahere. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Australia, but also invest in startups from The United States and Nigeria. 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 Telecommunications, Medical Service and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2016. In 2004 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 4 VCs. 2013, 2018 and 2016 were also fruitful. 2019 was the peak for successful exits. 2021, 2020, and 2018 are the runner ups.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 177. Average number of funding rounds is 47.4 while median is 22.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 39. Average amount of lead investments is 13.1 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 -3.66 and the median is -11.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Secondary Market stages are less common. Funds usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 1 – 5 million. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 19.29 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.8 and median is 0.05. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.