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 FinTech industry. FinTech refers to the integration of technology into financial services in order to improve their use and delivery to consumers. It includes micro lending, payments, personal finance, and financial software.

Amount of funding rounds in FinTech is 71, which is 10.6% of the total amount of Early rounds 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 FinTech industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is Israel which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Lebanon. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tel Aviv and Herzliya which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Dubai and Istanbul. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Israel, United Arab Emirates, and Turkey. 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, Business Development and Insurance.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1996 and the newest one in 2017. In 2013 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 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 12, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 65.1 while median is 30.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 15. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 43. Average amount of lead investments is 6.6 while median is 4.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -15.44 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 14.6 and the median is 17.93. 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 2 - 3 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 close to zero at minimum and 11.11 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.24 and median is 1.12. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.