Top 8 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Delivery industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 8 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Delivery industry.
Delivery covers moving goods or packages to customers. Besides the delivery services themselves it includes packaging and courier services and shipping.

Amount of money raised in Delivery funding rounds is $1.3B, which is 4.9% of the total amount of money raised in Late rounds in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 4 years.

Top 8 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Delivery 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 United Arab Emirates. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Ra’anana, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. VCs in the sample invest in The United States and Israel more often than they do in United Arab Emirates. 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 Industrial, Autonomous Vehicles and Transportation.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2003 and the newest one in 2017. In 2006 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 3 VCs. 2019, 2017 and 2015 were also fruitful.
• 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 5, the maximum is 100. Average number of funding rounds is 46.9 while median is 40.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 22. Average amount of lead investments is 8.4 while median is 8.5. 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 4.02 and the median is 4.04. 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. Average round size for all funds is different. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 6.67 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.11 and median is 3.08. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.