Top 13 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Banking industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 13 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Banking industry.
Banking handles cash, credit, and other financial transactions. It includes lending and credit, banking institutions, debit cards, and transaction processing.

Amount of money raised in Banking funding rounds is $147.9M, which is 5.1% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in Central-Eastern Europe over the last 3 years.

Top 13 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Banking 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Poland, Ukraine and Hungary. The most common city is Tallinn which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Wroclaw, Warsaw and Poznań. VCs in the sample usually invest in Estonia and Poland. They also invest in The United States 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 Gamification, Industrial and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2018. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 5 VCs. 2014, 2020 and 2018 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 350. Average number of funding rounds is 59.5 while median is 19.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 44. Average amount of lead investments is 10.5 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 -59.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 0.22 and the median is 0.43. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is -4.33.
• Typical Rounds – Seed and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Venture and Late stages are less common. 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 100-500 million. 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 0.25 and median is 0.14. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.