Top 7 investors in Central-Eastern Europe that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Banking industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 7 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Central-Eastern Europe that have invested in Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Banking industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Banking is 11, which is 15.5% of the total amount of Early rounds in Central-Eastern Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 7 investors in Central-Eastern Europe that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Banking industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Estonia which hosts 4 funds. There are also funds from Poland, Lithuania and Bulgaria. The most common city is Tallinn which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Warsaw, Vilnius and Sofia. VCs tend to invest in startups from Estonia, but also invest in startups from Poland, Lithuania, and Finland. 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, 2020 and 2015 were also fruitful.
• 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 53. Average number of funding rounds is 26.9 while median is 16.0. 4 funds in the sample have 4 lead investments which is the most common amount. 17, 7 and 5 are found less often. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 23.74 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.25 and the median is -2.03. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -11.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 4 – 5 or 2 – 3 investors. The majority of funds have an average round size of less than 100 thousands. Others have 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.28 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.1 and median is 0.06. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.