Intro

The top 17 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 Software Engineering industry. Software engineering is application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. it includes software development applications, web development, and quantum computing, as well as quality assurance, iOS, and Android.

Amount of money raised in Software Engineering funding rounds is $79.5M, which is 5.3% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 3 years.

Top 17 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is Israel which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Tunisia. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya, Tunis and Kurucesme. VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States, Turkey, and Tunisia. 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 Finance. They also invest in Gamification, Medical Service and EdTech.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2020. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 9 VCs. 2018, 2019 and 2013 were also fruitful.
  • 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 1, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 46.8 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 53. Average amount of lead investments is 8.5 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.97 and the median is 5.92. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 6.78.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds participate in rounds with 2 - 3 or 4 - 5 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 10 - 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.37 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.2 and median is 0.0. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.