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The top 12 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 Digital Media industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is $78.5M, which is 0.9% of the total amount of money raised in the Digital Media industry in Early rounds over the last 5 years.

Top 12 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Digital Media industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is Israel which hosts 4 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tel Aviv and Dubai which host 3 funds each. There are also funds from Dammam and Cairo. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Saudi Arabia, Mauritius, and Israel. For the majority of the funds, the country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide.
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  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2016. In 2014 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2014 to 2020. 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 or in 7 - 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 64. Average number of funding rounds is 20.1 while median is 14.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 10. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 43. Average amount of lead investments is 8.1 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 -51.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.72 and the median is 2.86. 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 2 - 3, 4 - 5 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, 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 0.6 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.11 and median is 0.04. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.