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

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is $1.3B, which is 1.9% of the total amount of money raised in the Consumer industry over the last 2 years.

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

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is Israel which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Dubai, Istanbul and Rosh Ha'ayin. VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States, Turkey, and Mauritius. 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 Enterprise Software, Security and Business Development.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1979 and the newest one in 2016. In 2013 the most amount of funds were founded. The most amount of deals which is 6 was made in 2019, 2020, 2018 and 2017.
  • 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 66. Average number of funding rounds is 20.4 while median is 16.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 31. Average amount of lead investments is 7.7 while median is 5.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. 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 -5.6 and the median is -3.29. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
  • Typical Rounds - The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Private Equity stages are less common. Funding rounds with these VCs usually have 5 - 6, 3 - 4, 2 - 3 or 1 - 2 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 1 - 5 million, 100 thousands - 1 million and 10 - 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 24.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.33 and median is 0.06. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.