Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in E-Commerce 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 Seed stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in E-Commerce industry.
E-Commerce is about buying and selling goods and services over the internet. It includes online auctions and marketplace, price comparison, and consumer reviews.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 185, which is 43.5% of the total amount of rounds in the E-Commerce industry 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 Seed funding rounds in E-Commerce industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – There are a couple of leading countries in the result. They are Egypt, United Arab Emirates and Turkey. They host 5 VCs each. There is an equal amount of VCs in Istanbul, Dubai and Cairo which host 4 funds each. There are also funds from Tel Aviv. VCs in the sample invest in United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Turkey more often than they do in The United States. 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 Transportation, Business Development and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1996 and the newest one in 2016. In 2013 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, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2021 and 2020 hold the biggest amount of successful exits. 2018 and 2019 are the runner ups.
• 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 6, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 55.2 while median is 31.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 36. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 20. Average amount of lead investments is 5.0 while median is 3.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. 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 7.89 and the median is 21.61. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – 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 100 thousands – 1 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 13.14 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.3 and median is close to zero. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.