Intro

The top 16 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 Late stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Telecommunications industry. Telecommunications is about making communication possible. It includes providing cable and internet services, voice and video chatting, internet and communication software and hardware, as well as wireless technologies and NFC.

Amount of money raised in Late funding rounds is $3.0B, which is 46.0% of the total amount of money raised in the Telecommunications industry in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 4 years.

Top 16 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Telecommunications industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is Israel which hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya, Jerusalem and Doha. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Israel and Singapore. For 5 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, Telecommunications and Business Development.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1988 and the newest one in 2016. In 1993 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2002 to 2021. For some funds, 2007 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2011 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 93.2 while median is 59.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 53. Average amount of lead investments is 17.2 while median is 15.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 21. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -16.83 and 23.55 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.19 and the median is 7.27. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 - 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 - 50 million or 1 - 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 208400000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 13025000.23 and median is 0.17. The most common multiplicator value is 0.27.