Top 11 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Beauty/Fitness industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 11 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 Early stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Beauty/Fitness industry.

Amount of money raised in Beauty/Fitness funding rounds is $103.7M, which is 1.2% of the total amount of money raised in Early rounds in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 5 years.

Top 11 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Beauty/Fitness industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is Israel which hosts 7 funds. There are also funds from Turkey and United Arab Emirates. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Istanbul, Herzliya and Jerusalem. VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from Turkey, The United States, and Mauritius. 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 Manufacturing, Transportation and Sharing Economy.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2006 and the newest one in 2018. In 2014 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.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 186. Average number of funding rounds is 23.1 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 16. Average amount of lead investments is 2.7 while median is 0.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. The most common value for the difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average for funds in the sample is 29.0. The values -15.444444444444443, 23.11764705882353 and 21.67241379310345 are less common.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 3 – 4 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 50 – 100 million, 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. 0.15, 0.12 and 0.1 are less common.