North Africa and the Middle East: Top 20 investors in that took part in the most funding rounds in Media and Entertainment industry over the last 4 years

Intro

With Entertainment industry growing with each year, and so the amount of investments, it will be very useful know about the top 20 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 over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Media and Entertainment industry.
Media and entertainment is a large sector that includes music, movies, theatre, dating and sex industry, gambling, event management, photography, publishing, virtual reality, and graphic design.

Over the last 4 years amount of funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is 97, which is 2.6% of the total amount of rounds in the Media and Entertainment industry.

North Africa and the Middle East: Top 20 investors in that took part in the most funding rounds in Media and Entertainment industry over the last 4 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 Lebanon, Egypt and United Arab Emirates. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya, Beirut and Cairo. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Israel, Egypt, and United Arab Emirates. For half of the funds, the country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide.
• Industry Focus – Even though the funds’ most common field for investments is Finance, they also invest in Gamification, Medical Service and E-Commerce Platforms.
• Important Years – With difference between oldest and youngest fund in 52 years the oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1965 and the newest one in 2017. Most funds were founded in 2009. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2019 and 2020 hold the biggest amount of successful exits. And 2018 and 2016 are the runner ups.
• 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 80.2 while median is 37.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 27. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is none and maximum is 56. Average amount of lead investments is 12.0 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 5. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 0.87 and the median is 10.22. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Secondary Market stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 2 – 3 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 10.1 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.25 and median is 1.25. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.