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Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in E-Commerce Platforms industry over the recent years

Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in E-Commerce Platforms 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 Platforms industry.

Amount of funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is 51, which is 2.4% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the E-Commerce Platforms industry 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 Platforms industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Israel which hosts 6 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Turkey. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tel Aviv, Istanbul, Dubai and Cairo which host 3 funds each. VCs in the sample invest in The United States, Israel and Egypt more often than they do in Mauritius. 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 Banking. They also invest in Business Development, Information Technology and EdTech.
  • Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1996 and the newest one in 2019. 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, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 13 – 24 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 186. Average number of funding rounds is 30.1 while median is 12.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 21. Average amount of lead investments is 7.4 while median is 6.0. 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 -8.71 and the median is -4.33. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -71.0.
  • Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 1 – 2 or 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 – 50 million, 1 – 5 million and 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 3.28 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.28 and median is 0.04. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.
E-Commerce Platforms North Africa and the Middle East Seed
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