Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most funding rounds in Mobile 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Mobile industry.
Mobile industry includes mobile payments, mobile apps, and app discovery.

Amount of funding rounds in Mobile is 397, which is 12.1% of the total amount of 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 funding rounds in Mobile 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 7 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Egypt. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tel Aviv and Dubai which host 5 funds each. There are also funds from Istanbul and Herzliya. VCs in the sample usually invest in United Arab Emirates and The United States. They also invest in Turkey and 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 Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2016. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2019 was the peak for successful exits. 2020, 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 13, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 87.2 while median is 57.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 56. Average amount of lead investments is 10.4 while median is 5.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -21.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 13.73 and the median is 20.42. 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. Secondary Market and Late stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 2 – 3 investors VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands – 1 million or less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 7.27 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.25 and median is 0.44. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.