Top 7 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Social Network 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 Social Network industry.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 8, which is 32.0% of the total amount of rounds in the Social Network 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 Social Network industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among the top VCs is Israel which hosts 4 funds. There are also funds from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from Riyadh, Or Yehuda and Dubai. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States and Saudi Arabia. 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 Enterprise Software and Business Development.
• Important Years – 2016 is the year when the most amount of the funds from the sample were founded. Some other popular years are 2015, 2013, and 2001.
• 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 10, the maximum is 66. Average number of funding rounds is 28.3 while median is 22.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 21. Average amount of lead investments is 9.1 while median is 9.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -54.33 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.26 and the median is 10.82. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors, less often in rounds with 5 – 6 or 1 – 2 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common ranges are 10 – 50 million and 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. 0.6, 0.15 and 0.13 are less common.