North Africa and the Middle East’s E-Commerce industry: top 20 investors in with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds 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 2 years. They are actively investing in E-Commerce industry.
E-Commerce is about buying and selling goods and services over the internet. It includes online auctions and marketplace, price comparison, and consumer reviews.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $69.4M, which is 1.6% of the total amount of money raised in the E-Commerce industry in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 2 years.

North Africa and the Middle East’s E-Commerce industry: top 20 investors in with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are Israel and Turkey. They host 6 VCs each. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates and Egypt. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Istanbul, Dubai and Cairo. VCs in the sample invest in United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Israel more often than they do in The United States. 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 Gamification, Business Development and Transportation.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2005 and the newest one in 2019. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2020 was the peak for successful exits. 2017, 2019, and 2018 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 5, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 46.0 while median is 29.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 21. Average amount of lead investments is 4.8 while median is 1.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -17.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 17.68 and the median is 24.55. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 1 – 5 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 11.48 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.8 and median is close to zero. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.