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 Late stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Electronics industry. Electronics is about manufacturing, design and development, assembly, and servicing of electronic equipment and components. It includes hardware, semiconductor, and b2c electronics (mobile devices, household appliances, sensors etc.).

Amount of money raised in Late funding rounds is $1.8B, which is 57.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Electronics industry in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 3 years.

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

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among the top VCs is Israel which hosts 16 funds. There are also funds from Saudi Arabia and Turkey. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 11 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya, Dhahran and Riyadh. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Israel and Turkey. For 7 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 Medical Service, Security and Business Development.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1976 and the newest one in 2019. In 1993 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, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2007 and 2021 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 2 - 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 297. Average number of funding rounds is 62.7 while median is 31.5. 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 56. Average amount of lead investments is 10.8 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. 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 5.02 and the median is 9.48. 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 5 - 6 or 4 - 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100-500 million or 10 - 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 5.63 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.85 and median is 1.61. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.