Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Software Engineering 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 Software Engineering industry.
Software engineering is application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. it includes software development applications, web development, and quantum computing, as well as quality assurance, iOS, and Android.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 66, which is 44.3% of the total amount of rounds in the Software Engineering industry 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 Software Engineering 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 15 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 13 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya, Dubai and Tunis. VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States, Tunisia, and Saudi Arabia. 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, Autonomous Vehicles and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 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 2007 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 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 1, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 54.1 while median is 22.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 53. Average amount of lead investments is 7.4 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 -31.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 9.18 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 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.6 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.08 and median is 0.0. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.