Intro

The top 20 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 Hardware/Electronics industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Central-Eastern Europe is 49, which is 0.8% of the total amount of rounds in the Hardware/Electronics industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Central-Eastern Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Hardware/Electronics industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is Poland which hosts 6 funds. There are also funds from Estonia, Ukraine and Latvia. The most common city is Tallinn which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Warsaw, Riga and Kyiv. VCs tend to invest in startups from Poland, but also invest in startups from Latvia, 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 Banking. They also invest in Gamification, Enterprise Software and Marketplace.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1995 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 2012 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 1, the maximum is 176. Average number of funding rounds is 30.2 while median is 13.0. 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 9.2 while median is 4.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. 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 -9.23 and the median is -0.94. It means that these funds act as lead investors less 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. Late and Venture stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 - 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 - 3, 3 - 4 or 7 - 8 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common ranges are 100 thousands - 1 million and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2.5 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.37 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.