Top 7 investors in Central-Eastern Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Education 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 Seed stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Education industry.
Education provides instruction and training on a wide variety of subjects. It includes primary, higher and secondary education, language learning, and edutainment, as well as EdTech and educational and training services.

Amount of funding rounds in Education is 10, which is 2.3% of the total amount of Seed rounds in Central-Eastern Europe over the last 2 years.

Top 7 investors in Central-Eastern Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Education 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 3 funds. There are also funds from Estonia, Poland and Lithuania. The most common city is Budapest which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Tallinn, Warsaw and Vilnius. VCs tend to invest in startups from Hungary, 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 Finance. They also invest in Business Development, Gamification and Security.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2020. In 1999 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 3 VCs. 2020, 2019 and 2014 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 350. Average number of funding rounds is 95.9 while median is 21.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 14. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 44. Average amount of lead investments is 9.7 while median is 4.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -4.33 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 13.46 and the median is 18.71. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors more often than in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 135.63, 0.2 and 0.08 are less common.