Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Enterprise 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Enterprise industry.
Enterprise industry supports every aspect of running a large-scale business. It includes project and product management, enterprise software, and data mining, as well as supply chain management, customer relations, and billing.

Amount of funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is 67, which is 3.4% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Enterprise industry over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Enterprise 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 10 funds. There are also funds from Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Tunisia. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Istanbul, Dubai and Herzliya. VCs in the sample invest in Israel, The United States and Turkey more often than they do in United Arab Emirates. 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 Marketing, Gamification and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2018. In 2013 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2019 was the peak for successful exits. 2020, 2013, and 2011 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 4, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 69.8 while median is 31.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 15. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 56. Average amount of lead investments is 8.8 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -26.56 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 10.22 and the median is 16.95. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs usually have 2 – 3 or 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 8.56 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.33 and median is 1.12. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.