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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 Digital Media industry. Digital Media is digitized content that can be transferred through the internet and various electronic devices. It includes music and video streaming, blogging platforms and podcasts, and online portals and news.

Amount of money raised in Digital Media funding rounds is $16.9M, which is 1.6% 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 Digital Media industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is Israel which hosts 4 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Lebanon. All funds are based in different cities. No city grouping tendencies were found in this sample. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and The United Kingdom. For 2 funds in the sample, 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 Finance. They also invest in Gamification, Mobile/Apps and E-Commerce Platforms.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2000 and the newest one in 2016.
  • 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 6, the maximum is 312. Average number of funding rounds is 88.7 while median is 29.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 43. Average amount of lead investments is 10.0 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between 6.27 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 17.46 and the median is 15.84. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
  • Typical Rounds - No grouping tendencies in the amount of investors in the funding rounds were found in this sample. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common range is 100 thousands - 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.98 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.32 and median is 0.15.