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.

Amount of funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is 779, which is 2.8% of the total amount of Seed rounds over the last 3 years.

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

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is Israel which hosts 8 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Egypt. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Dubai, Cairo and Tunis. VCs in the sample invest in The United States, Israel and United Arab Emirates more often than they do in Turkey. 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 Mobile/Apps.
  • 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 2005 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2007 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2020 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 12, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 74.6 while median is 29.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 29. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 56. Average amount of lead investments is 9.3 while median is 3.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. 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 10.86 and the median is 17.75. 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 2 - 3 or 1 - 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100 thousands - 1 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 13.14 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.8 and median is 0.42. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.