Top 11 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Fashion 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 over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Fashion industry.

Amount of money raised in Fashion funding rounds is $38.4M, which is 0.2% of the total amount of money raised in 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 funding rounds in Fashion 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 7 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Egypt. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Dubai, Kfar Saba and Herzliya. VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States, Mauritius, and Jordan. 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 Information Technology, EdTech and E-Commerce Platforms.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1996 and the newest one in 2015. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2019. For some funds, 2015 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 10, the maximum is 186. Average number of funding rounds is 51.2 while median is 29.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 43. Average amount of lead investments is 15.7 while median is 16.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -33.5 and 21.67 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -4.89 and the median is -4.33. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Venture and Secondary Market stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 1 – 2 investors more often than in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 1 – 5 million, 10 – 50 million and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 3.82 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.46 and median is 0.13. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.