Top 8 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Transportation industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 8 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 Transportation industry.
Transportation is about moving people and goods. It includes all modes of transportation, electric and autonomous vehicles, and transportation infrastructure, as well as space travel.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $147.9M, which is 16.9% of the total amount of money raised in the Transportation industry in Central-Eastern Europe over the last 4 years.

Top 8 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Transportation 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 3 funds. There are also funds from Poland, Hungary and Ukraine. The most common city is Tallinn which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Budapest, Warsaw and Kyiv. There is no investment geofocus for VCs in the sample. All of them invest in startups from different countries. 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 Industrial, Business Development and Gamification.
• Important Years – 2017 is the year when the most amount of the funds from the sample were founded. Some other popular years are 2016, 2011, and 2010. 2020 holds the most deals for 3 VCs. 2019, 2021 and 2018 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 23. Average number of funding rounds is 13.6 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 2 lead investments which is the most common amount. 1, 5 and 4 are found less often. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 8.41 and the median is 13.54. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common range is 100-500 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 1.57, 0.57 and 0.17 are less common.