The MENA region in 2020 saw a record of $1 Billion dollars of investment in startups.
This annual report provides a comprehensive overview and deep dive into the Middle East and North Africa venture capital and funding investment space and includes venture investment analysis:
• A five-year trend analysis of venture capital funding by both dollar amounts and the number of transactions
• Deep dive into average ticket-size and median investment across Seed, Series A and Series B+ investments
• Comparison of International investors versus regional investors broken down by accelerator programs and venture investors (VCs, angels, private equity)
• Industry deep-dive analysis of industry and sector trends, including E-commerce, FinTech and EdTech over 5 years
• Business type analysis including B2B and B2C trend comparisons
• Deep dive into the investments across the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, Saudi Arabia (KSA), Jordan and Oman including the top 5 investments in each
• Review of all Exits including Mergers and Acquisitions in 2020
*This report aggregates and analyses tech startup investments in 17 countries in the Middle East and North Africa - listed alphabetically: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia (KSA), Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Yemen.
The MENA region saw a record of $1 Billion dollars of investment in startups
Total funding was 13% up from 2019, although total deal count was down by 13% to 496 transactions. This increase in funding was driven in part by the $150M Series E round of EMPG, the largest investment in 2020. Later stage deals ($500K-$3M) increased by 52%, while Pre-Seed rounds (<$100K) halved YoY, a driver to the decrease in total deals
Below you can find a presentation of a sample from the report to see what is included:
Access previous Venture Capital Funding Reports:
• MENA Venture Investment Report Q3 2020
• MENA Venture Investment Report H1 2020
• MENA Venture Investment Report Q1 2020
• MENA Venture Investment Report 2019
• MENA Venture Investment Report Q3 2019
• MENA Venture Investment Report H1 2019
This report was created with data from MAGNiTT, which is a comprehensive directory of emerging tech and new business strategies through tools like:
• Investment directories, a comprehensive list of all startup venture funding across the Middle East, North Africa, Pakistan and Turkey
• Market Sizing Tools to visualize investment growth and trends across industries, geographies and stage
• Startup Resources including a deal flow tool for applications to leading Venture Capitalists for investment
• Exit comparisons, looking at Mergers & Acquisitions from across the region
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