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The top 16 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Central-Eastern Europe that have invested in Early stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Software industry. Software develops, maintains, and publishes software used by people and companies. It includes internet and consumer software, operating systems, and desktop apps, as well as gamification, automation, and SaaS.

Amount of funding rounds in Central-Eastern Europe is 24, which is 0.4% of the total amount of Early rounds in the Software industry over the last 2 years.

Top 16 investors in Central-Eastern Europe that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Software industry 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 4 VCs each. There are also funds from Hungary and Ukraine. There is an equal amount of VCs in Warsaw and Tallinn which host 4 funds each. There are also funds from Budapest and Zagreb. VCs tend to invest in startups from Poland, but also invest in startups from The United States, Lithuania, and Estonia. 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 Industrial, Manufacturing and Gamification.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2020. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 7 VCs. 2019, 2018 and 2014 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 1, the maximum is 94. Average number of funding rounds is 18.1 while median is 9.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 13. Average amount of lead investments is 2.8 while median is 2.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.92 and the median is 6.78. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds participate in rounds with 1 - 2 or 2 - 3 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 5 - 10 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 4.97 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.84 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.