Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Security 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 Security industry.
Security provides manned and technical services and products for the protection of people, premises or property. It includes penetration testing and intrusion detection, cloud and cyber security, and homeland security, as well as privacy, biometrics, and fraud detection.

Amount of funding rounds in Security is 90, which is 7.0% of the total amount of Seed rounds in North Africa and the Middle East 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 Security industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is Israel which hosts 17 funds. There are also funds from Turkey and United Arab Emirates. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya, Jerusalem and Sisli. VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States, Turkey, and Singapore. 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 Business Development, Gamification and Security.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1961 and the newest one in 2018. In 2016 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2005 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2007 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
• 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 66.5 while median is 40.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 27. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 37. Average amount of lead investments is 9.4 while median is 9.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 8.59 and the median is 14.49. 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 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 9.2 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.44 and median is 3.2. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.