Intro

The top 18 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 over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Virtual Currency industry. Virtual currency is an electronic representation of value and can be traded or used as payment. It includes cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and etherium.

Amount of money raised in Virtual Currency funding rounds is $638.0M, which is 1.0% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 5 years.

Top 18 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Virtual Currency 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, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya, Dubai and Ramat Gan. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and Israel. They also invest in United Arab Emirates and Turkey. For half 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, Business Development and Security.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1961 and the newest one in 2018. In 2013 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2020. For some funds, 2015 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2010 and 2021 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 7 - 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 67.2 while median is 40.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 43. Average amount of lead investments is 8.0 while median is 3.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -15.68 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 14.17 and the median is 22.07. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
  • Typical Rounds - The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Venture stages are less common. 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 less than 100 thousands and 10 - 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 11.48 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.79 and median is 1.12. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.