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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 Software industry.
Software develops, maintains, and publishes software used by people and companies. It includes internet and consumer software, operating systems, and desktop apps, as well as gamification, automation, and SaaS.
Amount of money raised in Software funding rounds is $852.5M, which is 43.7% 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 Software industry over the recent years
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- Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is Israel which hosts 18 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates and Lebanon. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 10 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Yafo. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States and United Arab Emirates. 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, Security and Autonomous Vehicles.
- Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 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 2005 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 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 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 8, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 93.6 while median is 57.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 57. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 56. Average amount of lead investments is 13.9 while median is 9.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -31.0 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 6.04 and the median is 6.53. 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 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 10 – 50 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 8.56 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 2.86 and median is 2.84. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.
