Top 12 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Transportation industry over the recent years

Intro

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 Late stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Transportation industry.
Transportation is about moving people and goods. It includes all modes of transportation, electric and autonomous vehicles, and transportation infrastructure, as well as space travel.

Amount of money raised in Late funding rounds is $915.8M, which is 26.7% of the total amount of money raised in the Transportation industry in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 4 years.

Top 12 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Transportation 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 10 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Ra’anana, Herzliya and Dhahran. VCs in the sample invest in Israel and The United States more often than they do in Singapore. For half 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 Gamification, Autonomous Vehicles and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1988 and the newest one in 2019. In 1993 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2020. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 212. Average number of funding rounds is 49.7 while median is 23.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 53. Average amount of lead investments is 11.2 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -16.83 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 4.63 and the median is 4.35. 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 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.54 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.17 and median is 0.11. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.