Top 9 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Travel and Leisure industry over the recent years

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 over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Travel and Leisure industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North Africa and the Middle East is $256.9M, which is 0.7% of the total amount of money raised in the Travel and Leisure industry over the last 4 years.

Top 9 investors in North Africa and the Middle East with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Travel and Leisure industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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 Egypt. The most common city is Tel Aviv which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Dubai, Istanbul and Cairo. VCs tend to invest in startups from Israel, but also invest in startups from The United States, Turkey, and India. For the majority of the funds, the country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide.
• Industry Focus –
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2015. In 2013 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, 2015 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• 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 2, the maximum is 112. Average number of funding rounds is 31.2 while median is 26.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 53. Average amount of lead investments is 12.3 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -33.5 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 4.44 and the median is 12.33. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 29.0.
• Typical Rounds – VCs in the sample usually invest at Seed and Early Stage stages. Late Stage stage is less common. Funds participate in rounds with 2 – 3 or 1 – 2 investors more often than in rounds with 5 – 6 or 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100 thousands – 1 million or 1 – 5 million, more often than 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 3.82 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.62 and median is 0.27. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.