Intro

The top 20 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Civil Engineering industry. Civil Engineering deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the built environment. It includes architecture and construction, green and smart buildings and cities, and home renovation.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 44, which is 40.4% of the total amount of rounds in the Civil Engineering industry in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Civil 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 11 funds. There are also funds from Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Istanbul, Dubai and Riyadh. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Israel, Turkey, and United Arab Emirates. 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, Transportation and Industrial.
  • 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 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 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 3, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 65.8 while median is 32.5. 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 56. Average amount of lead investments is 7.7 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 -43.73 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 15.07 and the median is 23.05. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
  • Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 - 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 10 - 50 million or less than 100 thousands. 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 2.85 and median is 1.98. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.