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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 5 years. They are actively investing in Marketplace industry.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 19, which is 28.8% of the total amount of rounds in the Marketplace industry in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 5 years.

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

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is Israel which hosts 6 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tel Aviv and Dubai which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Cairo and Riyadh. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Saudi Arabia, Mauritius, and Israel. 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 Insurance, Business Development and Telecommunications.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1996 and the newest one in 2018. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2015 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • 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 5, the maximum is 64. Average number of funding rounds is 20.2 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 43. Average amount of lead investments is 9.2 while median is 6.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -54.33 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -8.67 and the median is -6.75. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds participate in rounds with 5 - 6 or 3 - 4 investors more often than in rounds with 1 - 2 or 4 - 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 50 - 100 million, 100 thousands - 1 million and 1 - 5 million. 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 0.22 and median is 0.06. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.