Top 17 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Electronics industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 17 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Electronics industry.
Electronics is about manufacturing, design and development, assembly, and servicing of electronic equipment and components. It includes hardware, semiconductor, and b2c electronics (mobile devices, household appliances, sensors etc.).

Amount of money raised in Electronics funding rounds is $25.5M, which is 7.1% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds in Central-Eastern Europe over the last 3 years.

Top 17 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Electronics 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Hungary, Estonia and Ukraine. The most common city is Budapest which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Warsaw, Tallinn and Zagreb. VCs tend to invest in startups from Poland, but also invest in startups from Hungary, Estonia, and The United States. 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, Autonomous Vehicles and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2020. In 2018 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• 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 2, the maximum is 350. Average number of funding rounds is 36.1 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 13. Average amount of lead investments is 3.9 while median is 2.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. 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 1.24 and the median is 7.79. 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 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 2.18 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.37 and median is close to zero. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.