Top 12 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Digital Media 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 Digital Media industry.
Digital Media is digitized content that can be transferred through the internet and various electronic devices. It includes music and video streaming, blogging platforms and podcasts, and online portals and news.

Amount of money raised in Digital Media funding rounds is $11.9M, which is 2.7% 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 Digital Media 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 5 funds. There are also funds from Poland, Estonia and Croatia. The most common city is Budapest which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Tallinn, Gdansk and Zagreb. VCs tend to invest in startups from Hungary, but also invest in startups from Poland, The United Kingdom, 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 Business Development, Gamification and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2020. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 4 VCs. 2019, 2020 and 2014 were also 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 3, the maximum is 350. Average number of funding rounds is 66.2 while median is 21.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 21. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 44. Average amount of lead investments is 8.9 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. 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 1.89 and the median is 8.73. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors more often than in rounds with 2 – 2 investors. Average round size for all VCs is less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.87 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.23 and median is 0.1. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.