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

Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most funding rounds in Media and Entertainment 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Media and Entertainment industry.
Media and entertainment is a large sector that includes music, movies, theatre, dating and sex industry, gambling, event management, photofraphy, publishing, cirtual reality, and graphic design.

Amount of funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is 47, which is 3.2% of the total amount of rounds in the Media and Entertainment industry over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most funding rounds in Media and Entertainment industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Israel which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and Tunisia. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya, Dubai and Beirut. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Israel, United Arab Emirates, and Tunisia. 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 Medical Service, Gamification and Enterprise Software.
  • Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1971 and the newest one in 2020. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 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 2, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 84.4 while median is 37.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 56. Average amount of lead investments is 12.6 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -0.57 and the median is 8.11. 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. Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 7.07 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.77 and median is 1.06. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.
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