Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Enterprise Software industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 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 in Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Enterprise Software industry.

Amount of money raised in Enterprise Software funding rounds is $1.2B, which is 14.1% of the total amount of money raised in Early rounds in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Enterprise Software industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Israel which hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Turkey. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya, Riyadh and Dubai. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. For 9 funds in the sample, 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 Security, Enterprise Software and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2017. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2002 to 2020. For some funds, 2017 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 7 – 12 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 186. Average number of funding rounds is 35.8 while median is 19.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 10. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 53. Average amount of lead investments is 12.8 while median is 10.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -54.33 and 26.83 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.32 and the median is -9.9. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6, 2 – 3 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 1 – 5 million, 100 thousands – 1 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 24.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.34 and median is 0.09. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.