Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Enterprise 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 Seed stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Enterprise industry.
Enterprise industry supports every aspect of running a large-scale business. It includes project and product management, enterprise software, and data mining, as well as supply chain management, customer relations, and billing.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is $254.5M, which is 2.8% of the total amount of money raised in the Enterprise industry in Seed rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Enterprise 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 13 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Dubai, Jerusalem and Herzliya. VCs in the sample invest in The United States and Israel more often than they do in United Arab Emirates. 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 Enterprise Software, Business Development and Autonomous Vehicles.
• 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 2020. 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, 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 9, the maximum is 297. Average number of funding rounds is 63.6 while median is 34.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 22. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 56. Average amount of lead investments is 9.6 while median is 2.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -24.57 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 9.2 and the median is 12.49. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 6.78.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 1 – 5 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 3.21 and median is 2.1. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.