Top 15 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Education industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 15 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Education industry.
Education provides instruction and training on a wide variety of subjects. It includes primary, higher and secondary education, language learning, and edutainment, as well as EdTech and educational and training services.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 22, which is 33.8% of the total amount of rounds in the Education industry in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 3 years.

Top 15 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Education industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is United Arab Emirates which hosts 6 funds. There are also funds from Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The most common city is Dubai which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Cairo, Tel Aviv and Riyadh. VCs in the sample usually invest in United Arab Emirates and The United States. They also invest in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. For 7 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, Business Development and Mobile/Apps.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1988 and the newest one in 2019. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 58.1 while median is 37.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 20. Average amount of lead investments is 8.1 while median is 7.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -51.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.96 and the median is 5.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 7.89 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.63 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.