Top 19 investors in Central-Eastern Europe participating in the most funding rounds in Transportation industry over the recent years

Intro

Top 19 investors were chosen on the report of the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Central-Eastern Europe that have invested over the last 2 years. They are diligently investing in Transportation industry.
Transportation is about moving people and goods. It includes all modes of transportation, electric and autonomous vehicles, transportation infrastructure, as well as space travel. The transportation sector consists of several industries including air freight and logistics, airlines, marine, road and rail, and transportation infrastructure. These services are a near necessity for successful operations of businesses and governments. Efficient transportation systems contribute not only to businesses fulfilling purchase orders in a timely fashion. But they also increase residency options for employees.

Amount of funding rounds in Central-Eastern Europe is 26, it is 1.0% of the total amount of rounds in the Transportation industry during the last 2 years.

Superangel is one of the Estonian investors from the diagram. They describe themselves as early stage investments from entrepreneurs to entrepreneurs.
They take the startups to the next level. But the startup has to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund.

Top 19 investors in Central-Eastern Europe participating in the most funding rounds in Transportation industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – In Transportation industry Estonia is home country for top VCs. It is presented by 8 funds which are situated in Tallinn. There are also funds from Poland, Hungary and Bulgaria are also reach in funds. Accordingly there are funds from Budapest, Warsaw and Sofia. VCs look after investing  in startups from Estonia, but also invest in startups from Poland, Hungary and The United States. The majority of the funds gladly invest in the startups from the country of their establishment.
• Industry Focus – Mostly the funds’ invest in Finance. Nevertheless, they also invest in Industrial, Gamification and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 while the newest one in 2018. 2018 was the year when the majority of the funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the most successful year as they managed to have a lot of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 and in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 350. Average number of funding rounds is 41.9 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 44. Average amount of lead investments is 6.4 while median is 2.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -56.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 3.57 and the median is 9.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is -4.33.
• Typical Rounds – The funds take part in Seed and Early stages more often than in Venture and Late stages. As a rule, VCs participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors but it happens with 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less frequent range is 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.57 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.27 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.