Top 9 investors in Australia and Oceania with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Energy 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 in Seed stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Energy industry.
Energy sector is about production, management, and distribution of energy. It includes utilities, power grid, and nuclear and clean energy.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Australia and Oceania is $17.4M, which is 2.0% of the total amount of money raised in the Energy industry in Seed rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 9 investors in Australia and Oceania with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Energy 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 home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Sydney, Christchurch and Brisbane. 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 Agriculture, Real Estate and Telecommunications.
• 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. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2019 and 2015. 2020 and 2018 were less fruitful. 2019 and 2021 are in the lead in the amount of successful exits. The peak was in 2019.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 or 2 – 6 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 177. Average number of funding rounds is 61.2 while median is 33.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 19. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 39. Average amount of lead investments is 13.9 while median is 5.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.0 and 18.47 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 0.16 and the median is 6.25. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common range is 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 5.49 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.04 and median is 0.84. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.