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 4 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 money raised in Software Engineering funding rounds is $2.5B, which is 4.5% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Software Engineering 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 Qatar. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 15 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya, Jerusalem and Doha. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Israel and Singapore. For 6 funds in the sample, 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, Security 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 2002 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2020 years. For some funds, 2011 became the year with the most successful exits.
  • 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 7, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 76.0 while median is 37.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 27. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 53. Average amount of lead investments is 13.5 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -17.67 and 26.5 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 6.92 and the median is 6.13. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Secondary Market stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 - 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 10 - 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 208400000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 10420000.18 and median is 0.14. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.