Top 20 investors in Central-Eastern Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Central-Eastern Europe that have invested in Seed stage over the last 4 years.

Amount of funding rounds in Central-Eastern Europe is 892, which is 2.3% of the total amount of Seed rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in Central-Eastern Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds 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 Poland, Hungary and Estonia. They host 6 VCs each. There is an equal amount of VCs in Budapest and Tallinn which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Warsaw and Riga. VCs in the sample invest in Poland, Hungary and Estonia more often than they do in Latvia. 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 Gamification, Business Development and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2020. In 2018 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 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 8, the maximum is 350. Average number of funding rounds is 47.5 while median is 18.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 44. Average amount of lead investments is 7.8 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -43.73 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.07 and the median is 5.95. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 135.63 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 7.46 and median is close to zero. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.