Top 13 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Content industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 13 investors according to the total amount of 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Content industry.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 18, which is 36.0% of the total amount of rounds in the Content industry in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 4 years.

Top 13 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Content 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 8 funds. There are also funds from Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Tunisia. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Jerusalem, Istanbul and Tunis. VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States, Turkey, 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 Banking. They also invest in Marketing, E-Commerce Platforms and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2001 and the newest one in 2019. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. The two years with the most amount of deals were 2018 and 2020. 2019 and 2017 were less fruitful.
• 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 2, the maximum is 47. Average number of funding rounds is 15.2 while median is 10.0. 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 13. Average amount of lead investments is 3.5 while median is 2.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -26.56 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.27 and the median is -4.33. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -4.33.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 – 6, 2 – 3 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 50 – 100 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.56 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.36 and median is 0.04. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.