Top 10 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Social industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 10 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Social industry.
Social is about solving cultural and social issues. It includes public safety, government, politics, religion, and LGBT.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 10, which is 23.3% of the total amount of rounds in the Social industry in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 2 years.

Top 10 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Social 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. Headquarters of VCs are located in two cities: Tel Aviv and Dubai with the majority being in Tel Aviv. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States and 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 Security, Insurance and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1979 and the newest one in 2018. In 2011 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 4 VCs. 2020, 2019 and 2021 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 or 2 – 6 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 112. Average number of funding rounds is 44.1 while median is 42.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 18. Average amount of lead investments is 6.6 while median is 6.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -15.44 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 10.99 and the median is 13.6. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.78 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.29 and median is 0.09. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.