Top 18 investors in Central-Eastern Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in EdTech industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 18 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 5 years. They are actively investing in EdTech industry.

Amount of funding rounds in EdTech is 37, which is 3.7% of the total amount of rounds in Central-Eastern Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 18 investors in Central-Eastern Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in EdTech 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Estonia, Poland and Ukraine. The most common city is Budapest which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Tallinn, Zagreb and Warsaw. VCs tend to invest in startups from Hungary, but also invest in startups from Estonia, Poland, and The United Kingdom. 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 Business Development, Gamification and Information Technology.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1989 and the newest one in 2020. In 2014 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• 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 7, the maximum is 176. Average number of funding rounds is 33.1 while median is 13.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 44. Average amount of lead investments is 7.7 while median is 5.5. 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 -4.71 and the median is 4.06. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Seed and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. 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 0.12 and median is 0.03. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.