Top 6 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Social industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 6 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 Late 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 Late funding rounds is $699.6M, which is 56.7% of the total amount of money raised in the Social industry in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 4 years.

Top 6 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Social industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in Israel while others are in Saudi Arabia. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is a home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya and Dhahran. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and Israel with the majority investing in The United States. For 2 funds in the sample, the country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide.
• Investments – Average amount of funding rounds per year is either 2 or 2 – 6 for VCs in the sample Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 21. Average amount of lead investments is 9.5 while median is 7.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -28.89 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 3.85 and the median is 9.25. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – No grouping tendencies in the amount of investors in the funding rounds were found in this sample. Average round size for all funds is different. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 4.1 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.18 and median is 0.76.