Top 9 investors in Central-Eastern Europe that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Autonomous Vehicles industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 9 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Autonomous Vehicles industry.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 10, which is 17.2% of the total amount of rounds in the Autonomous Vehicles industry in Central-Eastern Europe over the last 2 years.

Top 9 investors in Central-Eastern Europe that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Autonomous Vehicles 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 4 funds. There are also funds from Estonia, Hungary and Croatia. The most common city is Warsaw which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Tallinn, Zagreb and Wroclaw. VCs tend to invest in startups from Poland, but also invest in startups from Estonia, Hungary, and Croatia. The country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide for all the funds.
• Industry Focus – The funds’ most common field for investments is Banking. They also invest in Manufacturing, Information Technology and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2010 and the newest one in 2018. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 5 VCs. 2019 and 2014 were fruitful for other funds.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 44. Average number of funding rounds is 12.6 while median is 7.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 13. Average amount of lead investments is 3.9 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -12.05 and the median is -11.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -11.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors more often than in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors. The majority of funds have an average round size of less than 100 thousands. Others have 10 – 50 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 1.57, 0.59 and 0.28 are less common.