Top 10 investors in Central-Eastern Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Bio & Nano Technology industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 10 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. They are actively investing in Bio & Nano Technology industry.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 11, which is 84.6% of the total amount of rounds in the Bio & Nano Technology industry in Central-Eastern Europe over the last 4 years.

Top 10 investors in Central-Eastern Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Bio & Nano Technology 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 6 funds. There are also funds from Latvia, Lithuania and Hungary. The most common city is Warsaw which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Riga, Vilnius and Krakow. VCs tend to invest in startups from Poland, but also invest in startups from Latvia, Lithuania, and Hungary. The country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide for all the funds.
• Industry Focus – The funds’ most common field for investments is Banking. They also invest in Telecommunications, Manufacturing and Information Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2018. In 2018 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2020 and 2019. 2018 and 2016 were less fruitful.
• 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 1, the maximum is 162. Average number of funding rounds is 27.7 while median is 10.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 15. Average amount of lead investments is 4.6 while median is 3.0. 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 -7.78 and the median is -1.56. It means that these funds act as lead investors less 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 4 – 5, 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors. The majority of funds have an average round size of less than 100 thousands. Others have 100 thousands – 1 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 2.5, 0.08 and 0.06 are less common.