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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 over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Autonomous Vehicles industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is $2.8B, which is 3.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Autonomous Vehicles industry over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Autonomous Vehicles industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The majority of VCs are located in Israel while others are in United Arab Emirates. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 15 funds. There are also funds from Jerusalem, Herzliya and Abu Dhabi. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States and The United Kingdom. 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 Banking. They also invest in Security, Autonomous Vehicles and Insurance.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2018. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2002 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 or in 7 - 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 112. Average number of funding rounds is 25.7 while median is 15.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 53. Average amount of lead investments is 13.2 while median is 7.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 17.39 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -10.99 and the median is -7.56. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -31.0.
  • Typical Rounds - The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Venture stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 5 - 6, 4 - 5 or 2 - 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 10 - 50 million, 100 thousands - 1 million and 1 - 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.78 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.29 and median is 0.1. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.