Top 15 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Retail industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 15 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 Seed stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Retail industry.
Retail is how producers of goods and services get their products to the consumer. It includes online and offline retail, shopping and vending, and retail technology.

Amount of funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is 18, which is 3.6% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Retail industry over the last 2 years.

Top 15 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Retail 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 7 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Dubai, Herzliya and Riyadh. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and Israel. They also invest in United Arab Emirates and Turkey. 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, Business Development and E-Commerce Platforms.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2008 and the newest one in 2020. In 2019 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2020 was the peak year for successful exits. 2019 and 2017 are the runner ups.
• 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 2, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 50.1 while median is 29.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 29. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 21. Average amount of lead investments is 5.9 while median is 1.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -17.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 13.01 and the median is 16.5. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate 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 range is 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.93 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.14 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.