Top 11 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Financial Services industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 11 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 Late stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Financial Services industry.
Financial services are provided to people and companies. It includes accounting, audit, and tax services, as well as asset management, investment and financing advisory, and brokerage.

Amount of money raised in Financial Services funding rounds is $2.4B, which is 13.0% of the total amount of money raised in Late rounds in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 2 years.

Top 11 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Financial Services industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is Israel which hosts 9 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates and Qatar. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya, Petah Tikwah and Dubai. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and Israel with the majority investing in The United States. For 3 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 Insurance, Business Development and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1934 and the newest one in 2018. In 2013 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2019 was the peak for successful exits. 2020, 2017, and 2016 are the runner ups.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 or 7 – 12 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 84.1 while median is 57.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 43. Average amount of lead investments is 10.6 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -16.83 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 11.18 and the median is 16.5. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 500 million – 1 billion. Less common range is more than 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 4.3 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.11 and median is 2.1. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.