Top 6 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Energy industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 6 investors according to the total amount of 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 Energy industry.
Energy sector is about production, management, and distribution of energy. It includes utilities, power grid, and nuclear and clean energy.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 8, which is 19.5% of the total amount of rounds in the Energy industry in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 3 years.

Top 6 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Energy 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 4 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. All funds are based in different cities. No city grouping tendencies were found in this sample. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States and Russia. For half 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 Manufacturing, Transportation and Medical Service.
• Important Years – 2020 holds the most deals for 4 VCs. 2021 and 2013 were fruitful for other funds.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 47. Average number of funding rounds is 25.0 while median is 25.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 21. Average amount of lead investments is 8.5 while median is 8.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 5.19 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -11.04 and the median is -10.01. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors. Average round size for all funds is different. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 1.94 and 0.93 are less common.