Top 7 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Sales 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 5 years. They are actively investing in Sales industry.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 7, which is 15.6% of the total amount of rounds in the Sales industry in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 5 years.

Top 7 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Sales 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 Egypt. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is a home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Ramat Hasharon and Cairo. VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States, Mauritius, and Egypt. 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 Insurance and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2018. In 2014 the most amount of funds were founded. Years with the most deals are 2020 and 2019. 2008 was less fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 112. Average number of funding rounds is 25.4 while median is 10.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 53. Average amount of lead investments is 14.3 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 10.82 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -32.89 and the median is -31.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -71.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors, less often in rounds with 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors. Funds in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 10 – 50 million more often than 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.33 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.15 and median is 0.11. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.