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The top 10 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Central-Eastern Europe that have invested in Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Industrial field. Industrial field relates to production of supplies, equipment, and machinery that are used to produce other goods rather than sold directly to consumers. It includes manufacturing, mining, and chemical engineering, as well as animal husbandry and geospatial services.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $128.9M, which is 29.1% of the total amount of money raised in the Industrial field in Central-Eastern Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 10 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Industrial field over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common countries among top VCs are Poland and Estonia. They host 3 VCs each. There are also funds from Hungary and Ukraine. The most common city is Tallinn which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Warszawa, Budapest and Riga. There is no investment geofocus for VCs in the sample. All of them invest in startups from different countries. 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 Business Development, Gamification and E-Commerce Platforms.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2017. In 1999 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, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 or 2 - 6 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 350. Average number of funding rounds is 50.1 while median is 14.5. 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 10. Average amount of lead investments is 3.5 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 -8.5 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 15.2 and the median is 20.81. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 21.31.
  • Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 - 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. The majority of funds have an average round size of less than 100 thousands. Others have 1 - 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.71 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.4 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.