Top 20 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Social 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 4 years. They are actively investing in Social industry.
Social is about solving cultural and social issues. It includes public safety, government, politics, religion, and LGBT.

Amount of money raised in Social funding rounds is $77.4M, which is 4.0% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds 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 Social industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is Israel which hosts 11 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Turkey. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya, Dubai and Cairo. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and Israel. They also invest in United Arab Emirates and Egypt. 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Gamification and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 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 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. 2020 was the peak for successful exits. 2021, 2019, and 2015 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 2, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 59.5 while median is 30.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 28. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 43. Average amount of lead investments is 6.4 while median is 2.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -43.73 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 15.19 and the median is 21.72. 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 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands – 1 million and 10 – 50 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 3.11 and median is 0.86. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.