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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 in Late stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Enterprise industry. Enterprise industry supports every aspect of running a large-scale business. It includes project and product management, enterprise software, and data mining, as well as supply chain management, customer relations, and billing.

Amount of money raised in Late funding rounds is $4.3B, which is 56.9% of the total amount of money raised in the Enterprise 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 Enterprise 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 17 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 13 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya, Ra'anana and Jerusalem. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and Israel with the majority investing in The United States. 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Enterprise Software and Security.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2018. 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 8, the maximum is 297. Average number of funding rounds is 87.5 while median is 52.0. 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 56. Average amount of lead investments is 15.2 while median is 11.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.89 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.12 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 18.47.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds participate in rounds with 4 - 5 or 3 - 4 investors VCs in the sample have an average round size of 50 - 100 million and 500 million - 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 11.11 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.89 and median is 3.46. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.