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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 4 years. They are actively investing in FinTech industry.
FinTech refers to the integration of technology into financial services in order to improve their use and delivery to consumers. It includes micro lending, payments, personal finance, and financial software.
Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $189.7M, which is 2.2% of the total amount of money raised in the FinTech industry 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 Seed funding rounds in FinTech industry over the recent years
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- Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Israel which hosts 13 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya, Dubai and Beirut. VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States, United Arab Emirates, and Lebanon. 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 Medical Service, Gamification and Business Development.
- Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1961 and the newest one in 2018. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2007 to 2021. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2010 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 312. Average number of funding rounds is 58.0 while median is 40.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 19. Average amount of lead investments is 6.3 while median is 5.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 6.77 and the median is 12.61. 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 or 10 – 50 million. 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 1.62 and median is close to zero. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.
