Top 11 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most funding rounds in Consumer Software industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 11 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Consumer Software industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Consumer Software is 15, which is 1.4% of the total amount of rounds in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 3 years.

Top 11 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most funding rounds in Consumer Software 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 Saudi Arabia. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Riyadh, Kfar Saba and Herzliya. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States and Saudi Arabia. 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 Banking. They also invest in Gamification, Autonomous Vehicles and Software Engineering.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2007 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, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 7 – 12 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 186. Average number of funding rounds is 28.5 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 16. Average amount of lead investments is 6.2 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -54.33 and 21.67 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -8.17 and the median is -4.33. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Venture and Late stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4, 1 – 2 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million and 1 – 5 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 0.19, 0.15 and 0.08 are less common.