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 3 years. They are actively investing in Legal industry. Legal deals with law and provides law-related services. It includes compliance, blockchain, intellectual property, e-signature, and legal tech.

Amount of money raised in Legal funding rounds is $67.5M, which is 4.5% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 3 years.

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

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among the top VCs is Israel which hosts 11 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates and Turkey. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Dubai, Herzliya and Jerusalem. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Israel, United Arab Emirates, and Turkey. 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, Medical Service and E-Commerce Platforms.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1961 and the newest one in 2018. In 1993 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2002 to 2019. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 - 6 or 2 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 66.3 while median is 38.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 46. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 53. Average amount of lead investments is 9.5 while median is 3.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 8.78 and the median is 15.84. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds participate in rounds with 4 - 5 or 1 - 2 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 1 - 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.6 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.15 and median is 0.05. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.