Top 13 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Agriculture industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 13 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Agriculture industry.
Agriculture covers everything that is grown for human use. It includes farming and cultivation, hydroponics and agtech, and forestry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is $269.8M, which is 2.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Agriculture industry in Early rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 13 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Agriculture 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 11 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates and Turkey. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Rosh Ha’ayin, Or Yehuda and Misgav. VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States, United Arab Emirates, and Turkey. 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 Medical Service, Gamification and Art (Auctions).
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2015. In 1993 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2008 to 2020. For some funds, 2015 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 15, the maximum is 220. Average number of funding rounds is 75.7 while median is 50.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 53. Average amount of lead investments is 12.3 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -17.0 and 27.44 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 13.3 and the median is 17.39. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 6.27.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.33 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.08 and median is 0.02. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.