Intro

The top 9 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 Early stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Hospitality industry. Hospitality includes lodging, food and drink service, and tourism. It includes hotels and leisure, resorts, and restaurants.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $276.0M, which is 40.7% of the total amount of money raised in the Hospitality industry in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 3 years.

Top 9 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Hospitality industry over the recent years
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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 4 funds. There are also funds from Riyadh, Dubai and Dammam. VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from United Arab Emirates, 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 Finance. They also invest in Telecommunications, Gamification and Consumer.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2016. In 2015 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2008 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
  • 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 212. Average number of funding rounds is 58.2 while median is 46.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 53. Average amount of lead investments is 10.7 while median is 6.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -32.11 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 8.19 and the median is 17.39. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
  • Typical Rounds - Funds usually participate in rounds with 4 - 5 or 3 - 4 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less 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 0.27 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.07 and median is 0.04. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.