Top 7 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Energy industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 7 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Energy industry.
Energy sector is about production, management, and distribution of energy. It includes utilities, power grid, and nuclear and clean energy.

Amount of money raised in Energy funding rounds is $9.7M, which is 0.3% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in Central-Eastern Europe over the last 4 years.

Top 7 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Energy 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 3 funds. There are also funds from Hungary, Lithuania and Latvia. All funds are based in different cities. No city grouping tendencies were found in this sample. VCs tend to invest in startups from Poland, but also invest in startups from Hungary, Lithuania, and Latvia. The country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide for all the funds.
• Industry Focus – There are two fields that VCs in the sample invest in more often: Gamification and Finance. They also invest in Industrial and Social.
• Important Years – Years with the most deals are 2020 and 2018. 2019 was less fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6, the maximum is 350. Average number of funding rounds is 66.7 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13. 3 funds in the sample have 0 lead investments which is the most common amount. 42, 10 and 6 are found less often. The most common value for the difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average for funds in the sample is 29.0. The values 25.857142857142858, 21.307692307692307 and -17.153846153846153 are less common.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Seed stage. Early, Venture and Late stages are less common. Funds usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 or 2 – 3 investors. The majority of funds have an average round size of less than 100 thousands. Others have 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. 0.21 and 0.08 are less common.