Top 20 investors in Central-Eastern Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in FinTech industry 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 over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in FinTech industry.
FinTech refers to the integration of technology into financial services in order to improve their use and delivery to consumers. It includes micro lending, payments, personal finance, and financial software.

Amount of funding rounds in FinTech is 90, which is 7.1% of the total amount of rounds in Central-Eastern Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Central-Eastern Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in FinTech industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Estonia which hosts 7 funds. There are also funds from Hungary, Poland and Bulgaria. The most common city is Tallinn which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Budapest, Sofia and Zagreb. VCs in the sample usually invest in Hungary and Estonia. They also invest in The United States and Poland. 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 Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1992 and the newest one in 2018. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2014 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 3, the maximum is 350. Average number of funding rounds is 51.1 while median is 18.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 44. Average amount of lead investments is 6.3 while median is 3.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -40.23 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 7.63 and the median is 10.33. 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 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 8.99 and median is 0.13. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.