Top 15 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Agriculture industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 15 investors according to the total money raised in the 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Agriculture industry.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $60.2M, which is 12.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Agriculture industry in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 5 years.

Top 15 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Agriculture 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 10 funds. There are also funds from Lebanon, United Arab Emirates and Turkey. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Jerusalem, Beirut and Misgav Regional Council. VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States, Turkey, and Mauritius. 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, Human Resources and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2020. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 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, 13 – 24 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 186. Average number of funding rounds is 34.6 while median is 15.0. 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 21. Average amount of lead investments is 5.8 while median is 2.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.14 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 10.78 and the median is 20.11. 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 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2, 5 – 6 or 3 – 4 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common ranges are 1 – 5 million and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 3.28 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.29 and median is 0.03. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.