Top 15 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Cloud Computing 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 Seed stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Cloud Computing industry.

Amount of funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is 20, which is 4.0% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Cloud Computing industry over the last 4 years.

Top 15 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Cloud Computing 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 11 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Jordan. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from Dubai, Ramat Gan and Amman. VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States, Mauritius, and Jordan. 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 Business Development, Telecommunications and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2001 and the newest one in 2018. In 2009 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, 2019 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 5, the maximum is 129. Average number of funding rounds is 25.7 while median is 19.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 21. Average amount of lead investments is 7.0 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -27.76 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 6.93 and the median is 10.25. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 1 – 2 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.3 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.06 and median is 0.0. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.