Top 8 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in EdTech 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 Seed stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in EdTech industry.

Amount of money raised in EdTech funding rounds is $11.4M, which is 4.7% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds in Central-Eastern Europe over the last 3 years.

Top 8 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in EdTech industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are Poland and Hungary. They host 3 VCs each. There are also funds from Lithuania and Estonia. The most common city is Budapest which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Warsaw, Vilnius and Tallinn. VCs tend to invest in startups from Hungary, but also invest in startups from Poland, The United Kingdom, and Lithuania. 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 Business Development and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2016. In 1999 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 3 VCs. 2020, 2017 and 2014 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 162. Average number of funding rounds is 34.8 while median is 11.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 10. Average amount of lead investments is 5.2 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 25.86 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.21 and the median is 6.78. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors, less often in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors. Average round size for all VCs is less than 100 thousands. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 0.2, 0.12 and 0.08 are less common.