Top 9 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Banking industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 9 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Banking industry.
Banking handles cash, credit, and other financial transactions. It includes lending and credit, banking institutions, debit cards, and transaction processing.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Central-Eastern Europe is $17.8M, which is 0.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Banking industry in Seed rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 9 investors in Central-Eastern Europe with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Banking industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is Estonia which hosts 5 funds. There are also funds from Poland and Hungary. The most common city is Tallinn which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Wroclaw, Warsaw and Poznań. VCs tend to invest in startups from Estonia, but also invest in startups from Poland, Latvia, and Hungary. 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 Gamification, Industrial and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – 2014 holds the most deals for 3 VCs. 2020, 2019 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 3, the maximum is 350. Average number of funding rounds is 75.7 while median is 27.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 44. Average amount of lead investments is 10.3 while median is 9.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 9. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -40.23 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 0.56 and the median is 5.12. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – 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. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.87 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.23 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.