Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Delivery industry over the recent years

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 3 years. They are actively investing in Delivery industry.
Delivery covers moving goods or packages to customers. Besides the delivery services themselves it includes packaging and courier services and shipping.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 35, which is 50.0% of the total amount of rounds in the Delivery industry in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Delivery 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 8 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and Egypt. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Dubai, Beirut and Cairo. VCs in the sample invest in Israel, United Arab Emirates and The United States more often than they do in 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 Business Development, Gamification and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1997 and the newest one in 2016. In 2015 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 2013 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 7, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 60.2 while median is 38.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 28. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 22. Average amount of lead investments is 6.8 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -16.83 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 15.65 and the median is 18.29. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 2 – 3 investors VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands – 1 million or 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 7.89 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.59 and median is 0.29. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.