Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Industrial field over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in North Africa and the Middle East that have invested in Early stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Industrial field.
Industrial field relates to production of supplies, equipment, and machinery that are used to produce other goods rather than sold directly to consumers. It includes manufacturing, mining, and chemical engineering, as well as animal husbandry and geospatial services.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is $598.6M, which is 1.8% of the total amount of money raised in the Industrial field in Early rounds over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Industrial field 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 18 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 14 funds. There are also funds from Rosh Ha’ayin, Ra’anana and Or Yehuda. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: Israel and The United States with the majority investing in Israel. 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, Gamification and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2019. In 2011 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. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2020 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 5, the maximum is 220. Average number of funding rounds is 45.2 while median is 28.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 43. Average amount of lead investments is 8.6 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.0 and the median is 6.27. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 6.27.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 11.48 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.23 and median is 2.23. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.