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 Seed stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Biotechnology industry. Biotechnology is the use of biology to make or develop products. It includes biopharmaceutical, genetics, and neuroscience.

Amount of money raised in Biotechnology funding rounds is $57.3M, which is 5.4% of the total amount of money raised in Seed 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 Seed funding rounds in Biotechnology industry over the recent years
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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is Israel which hosts 3 funds. There are also funds from United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Egypt. 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 Turkey, Israel, and Egypt. 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 Business Development, Social and Medical Service.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2017. In 2013 the most amount of funds were founded. 2020 holds the most deals for 4 VCs. 2019, 2018 and 2017 were also fruitful. 2020 was the peak for successful exits. 2021, 2019, and 2016 are the runner ups.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 - 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 78. Average number of funding rounds is 33.4 while median is 34.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 19. Average amount of lead investments is 5.9 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.0 and 26.83 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.15 and the median is 2.33. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
  • Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 - 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 6 - 7 investors. Average round size for all funds is different. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 13.14 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.61 and median is 2.01. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.