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Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Business Development industry over the recent years

Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Business Development industry over the recent years

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 Seed stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Business Development industry.
Business Development is all about helping a business to grow. It includes consulting, business processes outsourcing, subscription services, and so on.

Amount of money raised in Business Development funding rounds is $74.9M, which is 5.0% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds 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 Seed funding rounds in Business Development industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Israel which hosts 9 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Dubai, Riyadh and Istanbul. VCs in the sample invest in The United States, Israel and United Arab Emirates more often than they do in Turkey. 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 Finance. They also invest in Gamification, Marketing and E-Commerce Platforms.
  • Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1997 and the newest one in 2020. In 2013 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • 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 2, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 50.8 while median is 38.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 21. Average amount of lead investments is 5.8 while median is 2.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -24.85 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 15.16 and the median is 22.94. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
  • Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 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 0.93 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.14 and median is 0.05. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.
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