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 4 years. They are actively investing in Marketing industry. The purpose of Marketing is to communicate companies’ products to consumers. It includes everything advertising and branding, as well as digital marketing and market research.

Amount of funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is 35, which is 2.1% of the total amount of Seed rounds in the Marketing industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Marketing industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is Israel which hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Egypt. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Istanbul, Herzliya and Dubai. VCs in the sample usually invest in Israel and The United States. They also invest in Turkey and Panama. 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 Gamification, Marketing and Medical Service.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2001 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 2013 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. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 38.2 while median is 20.0. 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 21. Average amount of lead investments is 5.5 while median is 3.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 3.94 and the median is 13.66. 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 3 - 4 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 0.0 at minimum and 1.56 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.25 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.