Top 10 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most funding rounds in Nanotechnology 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 over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Nanotechnology industry.
Nanotechnology is the use of matter on a molecular and atomic scale for industrial purposes, often for developing and manufacturing advanced materials.

Amount of funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is 15, which is 1.7% of the total amount of rounds in the Nanotechnology industry over the last 5 years.

Top 10 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most funding rounds in Nanotechnology industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Israel which hosts 6 funds. There are also funds from Turkey, 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 Turkey. 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 Enterprise Software, Autonomous Vehicles and Industrial.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1976 and the newest one in 2017. In 2006 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2020 was the peak for successful exits. 2018, 2019, 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 6, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 50.7 while median is 23.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 16. Average amount of lead investments is 5.1 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -40.23 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.6 and the median is 3.17. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Venture stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2 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 7.18 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.22 and median is 3.08. The most common multiplicator value is 3.08.