Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Electronics 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Electronics industry.
Electronics is about manufacturing, design and development, assembly, and servicing of electronic equipment and components. It includes hardware, semiconductor, and b2c electronics (mobile devices, household appliances, sensors etc.).

Amount of money raised in Electronics funding rounds is $4.9B, which is 7.4% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Electronics 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 Saudi Arabia. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 12 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya, Riyadh and Ra’anana. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and Israel with the majority investing in The United States. 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Security and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1971 and the newest one in 2019. In 1993 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, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2007 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 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 80.4 while median is 35.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 56. Average amount of lead investments is 11.0 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -18.62 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 10.9 and the median is 14.61. 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. Seed, Late and Private Equity stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 4.33 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.82 and median is 1.94. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.