Top 10 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Art (Auctions) industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 10 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in North Africa and the Middle East that have invested over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Art (Auctions) industry.

Amount of money raised in Art (Auctions) funding rounds is $33.8M, which is 0.2% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 4 years.

Top 10 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Art (Auctions) industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is Israel which hosts 7 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates and Egypt. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Dubai, Jerusalem and Cairo. VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States, India, and Egypt. 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 Telecommunications, Information Technology and Information Services.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1965 and the newest one in 2015. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2019. For some funds, 2013 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• 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 10, the maximum is 40. Average number of funding rounds is 22.8 while median is 20.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 20. Average amount of lead investments is 9.4 while median is 8.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -33.5 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.88 and the median is 3.46. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Seed and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Private Equity and Secondary Market stages are less common. Funds usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors, less often in rounds with 2 – 3 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 50 – 100 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 3.82 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.56 and median is 0.24. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.