Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Health Care 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 Health Care industry.
Health care provides medical services, manufactures medical equipment or drugs, and facilitates the provision of healthcare to patients. It includes pharmaceutical and first aid, nursing and residential care, and health diagnostics and medical devices, as well as funeral, rehabilitation, and cannabis.

Amount of funding rounds in Health Care is 71, which is 9.1% of the total amount of Seed rounds in North Africa and the Middle East 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 Health Care 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 11 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Turkey. There is an equal amount of VCs in Tel Aviv, Herzliya and Dubai which host 6 funds each. There are also funds from Cairo. VCs in the sample usually invest in Israel and The United States. They also invest in United Arab Emirates and Egypt. 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 Medical Service, Business Development and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2019. In 2013 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2020 was the peak for successful exits. 2021, 2019, and 2016 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 2, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 55.4 while median is 24.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 56. Average amount of lead investments is 5.6 while median is 1.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. 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 16.65 and the median is 21.28. 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 have 4 – 5 or 1 – 2 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 7.51 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.21 and median is 0.04. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.