Top 18 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Human Resources industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 18 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Human Resources industry.
Human Resources provide a range of workforce solutions for managing employee life cycle and administering employee benefits. It includes everything recruiting and retirement, employment, and skill assessment.

Amount of funding rounds in Human Resources is 27, which is 2.6% of the total amount of Early rounds in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 5 years.

Top 18 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Human Resources 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 11 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Dubai, Ra’anana and Jerusalem. VCs in the sample usually invest in Israel and The United States. They also invest in United Arab Emirates and Egypt. 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, Autonomous Vehicles and Security.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2018. In 2014 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2005 to 2021. For some funds, 2016 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2007 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 62.3 while median is 37.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 47. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 37. Average amount of lead investments is 11.1 while median is 9.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. 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 -4.23 and the median is -6.54. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 8.56 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.87 and median is 0.65. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.