Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most funding rounds in Electronics 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Electronics industry.
Electronics is about manufacturing, design and development, assembly, and servicing of electronic equipment and components. It includes hardware, semiconductor, and b2c electronics (mobile devices, household appliances, sensors etc.).

Amount of funding rounds in Electronics is 138, which is 6.7% of the total amount of 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 funding rounds in Electronics 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 15 funds. There are also funds from Turkey, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 11 funds. There are also funds from Istanbul, Herzliya and Dhahran. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Israel and Turkey. For 9 funds in the sample, 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, Autonomous Vehicles and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1979 and the newest one in 2020. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2005 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2007 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 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 297. Average number of funding rounds is 61.0 while median is 25.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 56. Average amount of lead investments is 11.0 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 -24.85 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.93 and the median is 9.48. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Early and Seed stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Venture stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100-500 million or 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 5.63 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.76 and median is 1.56. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.