Top 16 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Bio & Nano Technology industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 16 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Bio & Nano Technology industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Bio & Nano Technology is 26, which is 10.8% of the total amount of Early rounds in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 2 years.

Top 16 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Bio & Nano Technology 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 Turkey. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya, Istanbul and Rosh Ha’ayin. VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States, Turkey, and The United Kingdom. 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 Enterprise Software, Business Development and Marketing.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 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 2001 to 2020. 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 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 112. Average number of funding rounds is 21.8 while median is 11.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 12. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 53. Average amount of lead investments is 7.8 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 -40.23 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.81 and the median is 1.38. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 0.43.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 4 – 5, 3 – 4 or 1 – 2 investors more often than 2 – 3 investors. The majority of funds have an average round size of less than 100 thousands. Others have 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.54 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.07 and median is 0.0. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.