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 Seed stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Hardware/Electronics industry.

Amount of money raised in Hardware/Electronics funding rounds is $11.5M, which is 1.8% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 2 years.

Top 6 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Hardware/Electronics industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among the top VCs is Israel which hosts 3 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates and Turkey. 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 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 Banking. They also invest in Gamification, E-Commerce Platforms and Autonomous Vehicles.
  • Important Years -
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 7 - 12 or in 13 - 24. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 18. Average amount of lead investments is 7.8 while median is 5.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -27.76 and 21.67 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -7.57 and the median is -12.67. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors, less often in rounds with 1 - 2 or 2 - 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands - 1 million, 10 - 50 million and 1 - 5 million.