Top 7 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Content industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 7 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 Content industry.
Content is for creating and managing content. It includes content creators and creative agencies, discovery and delivery networks, and content management systems.

Amount of money raised in Content funding rounds is $24.2M, which is 2.3% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 2 years.

Top 7 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Seed funding rounds in Content 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 Tunisia. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is a home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya and Tunis. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from Tunisia, Panama, and Israel. For 1 funds in the sample, the country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide.
• Industry Focus – There are two fields that VCs in the sample invest in more often: Marketing and Finance. They also invest in Social and E-Commerce Platforms.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2017. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 4 VCs. 2019, 2015 and 2013 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 220. Average number of funding rounds is 42.9 while median is 9.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 9. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -26.56 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 5.89 and the median is 6.27. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common range is 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. 1.37, 0.46 and 0.02 are less common.