Top 11 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Energy 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 Seed stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Energy industry.
Energy sector is about production, management, and distribution of energy. It includes utilities, power grid, and nuclear and clean energy.

Amount of money raised in Energy funding rounds is $18.2M, which is 0.8% of the total amount of money raised in Seed 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 Seed funding rounds in Energy industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are Turkey and Israel. They host 4 VCs each. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates and Tunisia. The most common city is Istanbul which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya, Dubai and Tunis. VCs tend to invest in startups from Turkey, but also invest in startups from Israel, United Arab Emirates, and Tunisia. 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 Business Development, Social and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1977 and the newest one in 2016. In 2013 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, 2019 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 312. Average number of funding rounds is 49.3 while median is 17.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 17. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 21. Average amount of lead investments is 6.1 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. 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 6.28 and the median is 14.71. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3 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 1.71 and median is 0.64. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.