Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Mobile/Apps 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Mobile/Apps industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Mobile/Apps is 54, which is 10.1% of the total amount of Early rounds in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Mobile/Apps 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 11 funds. There are also funds from Dubai, Herzliya and Dammam. VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States, The United Kingdom, and Saudi Arabia. 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 Banking. They also invest in Information Technology, Security and Insurance.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2016. In 2016 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, 7 – 12 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 186. Average number of funding rounds is 31.2 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 53. Average amount of lead investments is 10.4 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 -24.33 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 3.95 and the median is 5.02. 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 2 – 3 or 3 – 4 investors more often than in rounds with 4 – 5 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 10 – 50 million and 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.6 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.18 and median is 0.11. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.