Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Security industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total amount of 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 Security industry.
Security provides manned and technical services and products for the protection of people, premises or property. It includes penetration testing and intrusion detection, cloud and cyber security, and homeland security, as well as privacy, biometrics, and fraud detection.

Amount of funding rounds in Security is 111, which is 10.9% of the total amount of Early rounds in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Security industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in Israel. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 15 funds. There are also funds from Jerusalem, Herzliya and Mikhmoret. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: Israel and The United States with the majority investing in Israel. 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 Security, Business Development and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1961 and the newest one in 2018. In 1993 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, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 77.3 while median is 47.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 74. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 53. Average amount of lead investments is 14.0 while median is 11.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.01 and the median is 8.48. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.82 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.19 and median is 0.14. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.