Top 18 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in E-Commerce Platforms industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 18 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Central-Eastern Europe that have invested over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in E-Commerce Platforms industry.

Amount of money raised in E-Commerce Platforms funding rounds is $86.0M, which is 5.0% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in Central-Eastern Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 18 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in E-Commerce Platforms industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – There are a couple of leading countries in the result. They are Estonia, Poland and Hungary. They host 5 VCs each. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tallinn and Budapest which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Warsaw and Sofia. VCs tend to invest in startups from Estonia, but also invest in startups from Poland, Hungary, and Bulgaria. 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 Banking. They also invest in Information Technology, Gamification and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1989 and the newest one in 2020. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 7 – 12 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 176. Average number of funding rounds is 31.5 while median is 11.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 44. Average amount of lead investments is 6.8 while median is 4.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -3.28 and the median is 6.56. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Seed and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Venture stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 2 – 3 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.2 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.23 and median is 0.03. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.