Top 14 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Software Engineering 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 Late stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Software Engineering industry.
Software engineering is application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. it includes software development applications, web development, and quantum computing, as well as quality assurance, iOS, and Android.

Amount of Late funding rounds is 20, which is 16.0% of the total amount of rounds in the Software Engineering industry in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 4 years.

Top 14 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in Israel while others are in Qatar. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya, Ramat Gan and Doha. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and Israel with the majority investing in The United States. For 5 funds in the sample, 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, Security and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2019. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2008 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• 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 3, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 83.5 while median is 37.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 28. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 53. Average amount of lead investments is 12.8 while median is 7.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 26.5 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 7.72 and the median is 9.18. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 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 208400000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 14885714.43 and median is 0.15. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.