Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most 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 over the last 4 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 funding rounds in Delivery is 82, which is 3.0% of the total amount of rounds 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 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 United Arab Emirates which hosts 7 funds. There are also funds from Turkey, Israel and Lebanon. The most common city is Dubai which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Istanbul, Tel Aviv and Cairo. VCs in the sample invest in The United States, United Arab Emirates and Turkey more often than they do in Israel. 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 Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2008 and the newest one in 2017. In 2014 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2020 was the peak for successful exits. 2019, 2021, and 2017 are the runner ups.
• 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 5, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 54.6 while median is 31.0. 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 22. Average amount of lead investments is 5.8 while median is 4.5. 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 14.92 and the median is 20.67. 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 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is more than 1 billion. 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 2.14 and median is 1.12. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.