Top 7 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Software Engineering 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 2 years. They are actively investing in Software Engineering industry.

Amount of Early funding rounds is 9, which is 23.7% of the total amount of rounds in the Software Engineering industry in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 2 years.

Top 7 investors in North Africa and the Middle East that took part in the most Early funding rounds in Software Engineering industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in Israel. Headquarters of VCs are located in two cities: Tel Aviv and Jerusalem with the majority being in Tel Aviv. These VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States and Panama. 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 Software Engineering, Security and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – 2020 holds the most deals for 4 VCs. 2019, 2008 and 2002 were also 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 5, the maximum is 112. Average number of funding rounds is 31.4 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 3 and maximum is 53. Average amount of lead investments is 17.6 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 3. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -51.0 and -0.25 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -18.76 and the median is -21.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 5 – 6 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common ranges are 10 – 50 million and 1 – 5 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 0.27, 0.13 and 0.1 are less common.