Top 14 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most funding rounds in Travel and Leisure 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 over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Travel and Leisure industry.

Amount of funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is 21, which is 1.1% of the total amount of rounds in the Travel and Leisure industry over the last 5 years.

Top 14 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most funding rounds in Travel and Leisure 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 6 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Jordan. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tel Aviv and Dubai which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Istanbul and Herzliya. VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States, Turkey, and Nigeria. 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 EdTech, Information Technology and Transportation.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2016. In 2010 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, 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, 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 46.6 while median is 27.5. 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 53. Average amount of lead investments is 10.8 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 -33.5 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 10.37 and the median is 17.74. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Seed and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Venture stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 1 – 2 or 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 5 – 6 or 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands, 100 thousands – 1 million or 1 – 5 million more often than 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 3.82 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.48 and median is 0.23. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.