Top 20 investors in Central-Eastern Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Consumer Goods 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 in Seed stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Consumer Goods industry.
Consumer goods relate to items purchased by individuals and households rather than by manufacturers. It includes clothing and consumer electronics, hard products, like luxury and sporting goods, soft products, like textiles and paper products, and a variety of other goods like toys, musical instruments and tobacco.

Amount of funding rounds in Central-Eastern Europe is 56, which is 1.3% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Consumer Goods industry over the last 5 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Poland which hosts 9 funds. There are also funds from Estonia, Hungary and Latvia. The most common city is Tallinn which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Warsaw, Warszawa and Budapest. VCs tend to invest in startups from Poland, but also invest in startups from Estonia, The United States, and 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, Autonomous Vehicles and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2019. In 2008 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2021. 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 2, the maximum is 350. Average number of funding rounds is 45.3 while median is 12.5. 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 6.5 while median is 3.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. 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 1.2 and the median is 8.39. 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 3 – 4 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 close to zero at minimum and 4.97 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.6 and median is close to zero. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.