Top 10 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Retail 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 Late stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Retail industry.
Retail is how producers of goods and services get their products to the consumer. It includes online and offline retail, shopping and vending, and retail technology.

Amount of funding rounds in Retail is 11, which is 3.5% of the total amount of Late rounds in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 4 years.

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

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located either in Israel or United Arab Emirates. There are also funds from Saudi Arabia. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh. VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from United Arab Emirates, The United States, and Singapore. 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 Telecommunications, Gamification and Security.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1999 and the newest one in 2019. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• 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 220. Average number of funding rounds is 50.7 while median is 22.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 43. Average amount of lead investments is 8.9 while median is 3.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 4.0 and the median is 4.74. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 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 0.0 at minimum and 1.37 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.24 and median is 0.02. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.