Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Financial Services 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 3 years. They are actively investing in Financial Services industry.
Financial services are provided to people and companies. It includes accounting, audit, and tax services, as well as asset management, investment and financing advisory, and brokerage.

Amount of funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is 84, which is 3.0% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Financial Services industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Financial Services industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common countries among top VCs are Israel and United Arab Emirates. They host 7 VCs each. There are also funds from Turkey and Lebanon. The most common city is Dubai which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Tel Aviv, Herzliya and Istanbul. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from United Arab Emirates, Israel, and Turkey. For half 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 Business Development, Gamification and Legal.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 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 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2020 and 2018 hold the biggest amount of successful exits. 2021 and 2019 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 3, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 51.4 while median is 26.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 43. Average amount of lead investments is 5.3 while median is 1.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -24.85 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 16.63 and the median is 23.55. 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 less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. 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 2.01 and median is 0.04. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.