Top 9 investors in Australia and Oceania with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Software 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 in Seed stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Software Engineering industry.
Software engineering is application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. it includes software development applications, web development, and quantum computing, as well as quality assurance, iOS, and Android.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Australia and Oceania is $24.2M, which is 0.9% of the total amount of money raised in the Software Engineering industry in Seed rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 9 investors in Australia and Oceania with the biggest sum of Seed 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. Headquarters of VCs are located in two cities: Sydney and Melbourne with the majority being in Sydney. 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 Security, Telecommunications and Real Estate.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2004 and the newest one in 2017. In 2004 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2021. For some funds, 2015 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• 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 54.7 while median is 12.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5. 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. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 0.85 and the median is 2.33. 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 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. 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 0.46 and median is 0.17. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.