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 over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Social industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is $127.1M, which is 0.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Social industry over the last 4 years.

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

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among the top VCs is Israel which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from Egypt and United Arab Emirates. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Cairo, Herzliya and Dubai. VCs in the sample invest in The United States and Israel more often than they do in Egypt. 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Gamification and Security.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1979 and the newest one in 2020. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 5 VCs. 2020, 2019 and 2017 were also fruitful.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 7 - 12 or in 13 - 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 186. Average number of funding rounds is 30.2 while median is 19.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 21. Average amount of lead investments is 6.9 while median is 6.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.05 and the median is 9.3. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is -71.0.
  • Typical Rounds - Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Venture and Late stages are less common. Funding rounds with these VCs have 5 - 6, 2 - 3 or 1 - 2 investors more often than 4 - 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands - 1 million, 1 - 5 million and 500 million - 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.78 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.26 and median is 0.04. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.