Top 16 investors in Central-Eastern Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Manufacturing industry over the recent years

Intro

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 over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Manufacturing industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Manufacturing is 23, which is 3.1% of the total amount of rounds in Central-Eastern Europe over the last 3 years.

Top 16 investors in Central-Eastern Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Manufacturing industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Poland which hosts 8 funds. There are also funds from Estonia, Latvia and Hungary. The most common city is Tallinn which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Warsaw, Wroclaw and Zagreb. VCs tend to invest in startups from Poland, but also invest in startups from Estonia, 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 Banking. They also invest in Manufacturing, Gamification and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2018. In 2018 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2020 and 2019. 2018 and 2014 were less fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 7 – 12 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 176. Average number of funding rounds is 30.5 while median is 8.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 44. Average amount of lead investments is 7.8 while median is 2.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. 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 5.68 and the median is 10.18. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Seed stage. Early, Venture and Late stages are less common. Funds usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors, less often in rounds with 2 – 3 or 3 – 4 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 0.2 and median is 0.04. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.