Top 5 investors in Sub-Saharan Africa that took part in the most funding rounds in Enterprise Software industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 5 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Sub-Saharan Africa that have invested over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Enterprise Software industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Enterprise Software is 5, which is 13.5% of the total amount of rounds in Sub-Saharan Africa over the last 2 years.

Top 5 investors in Sub-Saharan Africa that took part in the most funding rounds in Enterprise Software industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography - The majority of VCs are located in Nigeria while others are in Mauritius. All funds are based in different cities. No city grouping tendencies were found in this sample. There is no investment geofocus for VCs in the sample. All of them invest in startups from different countries. For 1 funds in the sample, 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 Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Sales and Retail.
• Important Years -
• Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 - 6.
• Typical Rounds - The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is the Early Stage stage. Seed and Late Stage stages are less common. Funds usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors, less often in rounds with 2 - 3 or 1 - 2 investors. The majority of funds have an average round size of less than 100 thousands. Others have 100 thousands - 1 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 6.37 and 0.48 are less common.