Top 18 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Marketing 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Marketing industry.
The purpose of Marketing is to communicate companies’ products to consumers. It includes everything advertising and branding, as well as digital marketing and market research.

Amount of funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is 26, which is 2.1% of the total amount of Early rounds in the Marketing industry over the last 3 years.

Top 18 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Marketing 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 14 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya, Dubai and Ramat Gan. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Israel, United Arab Emirates, and The United Kingdom. For 8 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 Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2018. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2008 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• 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 2, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 57.9 while median is 35.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 53. Average amount of lead investments is 10.1 while median is 4.5. 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 1.32 and the median is 2.21. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 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 thousands – 1 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 0.13 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.