Top 6 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Banking industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 6 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 Early stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Banking industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Central-Eastern Europe is $123.1M, which is 0.4% of the total amount of money raised in the Banking industry in Early rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 6 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Banking industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is Estonia which hosts 4 funds. There are also funds from Lithuania and Bulgaria. The most common city is Tallinn which is a home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Vilnius and Sofia. VCs tend to invest in startups from Estonia, but also invest in startups from Lithuania, Finland, and Bulgaria. 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Marketplace and Gamification.
• Important Years – 2014 holds the most deals for 3 VCs. 2019 and 2020 were fruitful for other funds.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 49. Average number of funding rounds is 22.5 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of lead investments for funds is 4. Less common are 7 and 5.
• Typical Rounds – No grouping tendencies in the amount of investors in the funding rounds were found in this sample. Average round size for all VCs is less than 100 thousands.