Top 10 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Education industry over the recent years

Intro

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 over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Education industry.
Education provides instruction and training on a wide variety of subjects. It includes primary, higher and secondary education, language learning, and edutainment, as well as EdTech and educational and training services.

Amount of money raised in Education funding rounds is $28.4M, which is 1.5% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in Central-Eastern Europe over the last 2 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Hungary which hosts 4 funds. There are also funds from Poland, Estonia and Lithuania. The most common city is Budapest which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Tallinn, Zagreb and Warszawa. VCs tend to invest in startups from Hungary, but also invest in startups from Poland, Lithuania, and Finland. 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 Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1989 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 2011 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 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 350. Average number of funding rounds is 74.5 while median is 20.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 44. Average amount of lead investments is 8.7 while median is 4.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -33.5 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 10.17 and the median is 16.16. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds in the sample usually invest in Early, Seed and Venture stages. Late stage is less common. Funds usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common range is 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. 135.63, 0.59 and 0.2 are less common.