Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Consumer Goods 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 in Early stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Consumer Goods industry.
Consumer goods relate to items purchased by individuals and households rather than by manufacturers. It includes clothing and consumer electronics, hard products, like luxury and sporting goods, soft products, like textiles and paper products, and a variety of other goods like toys, musical instruments and tobacco.

Amount of money raised in Consumer Goods funding rounds is $1.1B, which is 8.3% of the total amount of money raised in Early rounds in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Consumer Goods 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 10 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tel Aviv and Dubai which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Istanbul and Rosh Ha’ayin. VCs in the sample invest in The United States, Israel and United Arab Emirates more often than they do in 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 Business Development, Medical Service and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2018. In 2014 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2005 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2007 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2020 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 75.2 while median is 42.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 23. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 56. Average amount of lead investments is 9.3 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 -43.73 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 13.47 and the median is 22.55. 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 4 – 5 or 2 – 3 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 11.48 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.74 and median is 1.19. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.