Top 8 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Insurance industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 8 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 Seed stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Insurance industry.
Insurance develops insurance policies, sells, administrates, and regulates them. It includes life and health insurance, professional and commercial insurance, and property and automotive insurance, as well as re-insurance and insurTech.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is $33.0M, which is 2.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Insurance industry in Seed rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 8 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Insurance industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in Israel while others are in United Arab Emirates. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is a home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Jerusalem and Abu Dhabi. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States and Mauritius. 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 Hardware/Electronics, Telecommunications and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1961 and the newest one in 2019. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 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 2, the maximum is 71. Average number of funding rounds is 28.0 while median is 24.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 13. Average amount of lead investments is 5.9 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.82 and the median is 8.31. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 0.46, 0.31 and 0.29 are less common.