Top 14 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Banking industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 14 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 Early stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Banking industry.
Banking handles cash, credit, and other financial transactions. It includes lending and credit, banking institutions, debit cards, and transaction processing.

Amount of funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is 25, which is 2.3% of the total amount of Early rounds in the Banking industry over the last 4 years.

Top 14 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Banking 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 7 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Dubai, Herzliya and Cairo. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and Israel. They also invest in Egypt and United Arab Emirates. 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 Gamification, Business Development and Security.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2009 and the newest one in 2017. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. 2019 holds the most deals for 6 VCs. 2018, 2020 and 2017 were also fruitful.
• 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 312. Average number of funding rounds is 53.4 while median is 38.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 21. Average amount of lead investments is 10.1 while median is 9.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 8. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -51.0 and 26.83 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -4.7 and the median is -5.49. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 2 – 3 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 0.43 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.09 and median is 0.06. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.