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 5 years. They are actively investing in E-Commerce industry. E-Commerce is about buying and selling goods and services over the internet. It includes online auctions and marketplace, price comparison, and consumer reviews.

Amount of money raised in E-Commerce funding rounds is $167.1M, which is 7.8% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 5 years.

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

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is Israel which hosts 8 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Egypt. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Istanbul, Dubai and Cairo. VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and The United States. 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 Business Development, Transportation and Industrial.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2010 and the newest one in 2018. 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2019 and 2020 hold the biggest amount of successful exits. 2021 and 2017 are the runner ups.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 - 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 57.2 while median is 48.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 6. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 22. Average amount of lead investments is 7.0 while median is 3.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -24.57 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 14.95 and the median is 24.81. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
  • Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 - 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands and 100 thousands - 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 11.48 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.76 and median is close to zero. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.