Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Health Care 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 over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Health Care industry.
Health care provides medical services, manufactures medical equipment or drugs, and facilitates the provision of healthcare to patients. It includes pharmaceutical and first aid, nursing and residential care, and health diagnostics and medical devices, as well as funeral, rehabilitation, and cannabis.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is $10.3B, which is 1.4% of the total amount of money raised in the Health Care industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Health Care 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 15 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya, Abu Dhabi and Çengelköy. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and Israel. They also invest in Turkey and India. 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 Finance. They also invest in Medical Service, Social and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1971 and the newest one in 2018. In 2004 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, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
• 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 297. Average number of funding rounds is 43.8 while median is 31.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 72. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 56. Average amount of lead investments is 8.6 while median is 5.5. 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 1.95 and the median is 2.68. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Late, Seed and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 6 – 7 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of more than 1 billion and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 17.42 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.76 and median is 2.59. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.