Top 18 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Gaming industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 18 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Gaming industry.
Gaming is about development, marketing, and monetization of video games. It includes online and offline games for pc and console and eSports.

Amount of money raised in Gaming funding rounds is $42.0M, which is 1.0% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in Central-Eastern Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 18 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Gaming 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 Estonia, Hungary and Ukraine. The most common city is Tallinn which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Budapest, Warsaw and Kraków. VCs tend to invest in startups from Poland, but also invest in startups from Estonia, The United States, 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 Finance. They also invest in Business Development, Gamification and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1995 and the newest one in 2020. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 9 VCs. 2019, 2018 and 2012 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 350. Average number of funding rounds is 49.3 while median is 16.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 16. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 44. Average amount of lead investments is 10.1 while median is 3.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. 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 -1.53 and the median is 5.12. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Seed and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Venture and Grant stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Funds in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 3.12 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.48 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.