Top 12 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Agriculture industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 12 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 Seed stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Agriculture industry.
Agriculture covers everything that is grown for human use. It includes farming and cultivation, hydroponics and agtech, and forestry.

Amount of money raised in Agriculture funding rounds is $19.6M, which is 4.4% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds in Central-Eastern Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 12 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Agriculture 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 4 funds. There are also funds from Poland, Latvia and Hungary. The most common city is Tallinn which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Riga, Budapest and Warszawa. VCs tend to invest in startups from Estonia, but also invest in startups from Poland, Latvia, and Hungary. 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, Agriculture and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2018. In 1999 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2020 and 2018. 2019 and 2015 were less fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 350. Average number of funding rounds is 56.6 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 44. Average amount of lead investments is 7.8 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 4. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -43.73 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 4.14 and the median is 5.95. 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 average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common range is 100 thousands – 1 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 0.68 and median is 0.17. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.