Top 7 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Agriculture industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 7 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in North Africa and the Middle East that have invested in Early stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Agriculture industry.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 12, which is 34.3% of the total amount of rounds in the Agriculture industry in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 3 years.

Top 7 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Agriculture 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 United Arab Emirates. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Rosh Ha’ayin, Misgav Regional Council and Jerusalem. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States and Mauritius. 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 Manufacturing, Enterprise Software and EdTech.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2015.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 34. Average number of funding rounds is 20.1 while median is 25.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 21. Average amount of lead investments is 6.6 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -17.0 and 26.5 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 2.81 and the median is 2.68. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 4.0.
• Typical Rounds – No grouping tendencies in the amount of investors in the funding rounds were found in this sample. The majority of funds have an average round size of less than 100 thousands. Others have 50 – 100 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 0.03 and 0.33 are less common.