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 2 years. They are actively investing in Sales industry. Sales is about finding, contacting, and communicating with potential buyers. It includes lead generation and management, sales automation, and CRM, as well as direct sales.

Amount of money raised in Sales funding rounds is $124.0M, which is 1.3% of the total amount of money raised in Early rounds in North Africa and the Middle East over the last 2 years.

Top 9 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Sales 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 7 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates and Egypt. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Herzliya, Ramat Gan and Dubai. VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States, United Arab Emirates, and Mauritius. 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 Gamification, Insurance and Medical Service.
  • Important Years - 2014 is the year when the most amount of the funds from the sample were founded. Some other popular years are 2018, 2013, and 2009. 2019 holds the most deals for 4 VCs. 2020, 2021 and 2016 were also fruitful.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 212. Average number of funding rounds is 46.9 while median is 23.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 23. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 53. Average amount of lead investments is 11.0 while median is 4.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 24.65 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.81 and the median is -0.25. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 - 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 10 - 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.33 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.15 and median is 0.11. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.