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Egypt hasd the highest number of startups investment deals in MENA region for first time ever: MAGNiTT

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Last updated: 2020/01/06 at 5:39 PM
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Egypt ranked first in terms of the number of startups investment deals inamong the  Middle East and North Africa  (MENA) region countries in 2019 for the first time ever, accounting 25% of all deals in the year in 2019, according to MAGNiTT’s 2019 MENA Venture Investment report in 2019.

MAGNiTT, MENA’s startup data platform, released its  2019 MENA Venture Investment Report on Tuesday. The report provides an in-depth analysis of startups and venture capital (VC) investment across the MENA region.

Talking about the MENA region, MAGNiTT saidrevealed that  2019 saw 564 investments in MENA-based startups showing continued appetite in regional startups. These investments amounted to $704M in total funding, up 13% compared to 2018, excluding previous mega-deals in Souq and Careem.

The report revealed that the UAE maintained its dominance as the highest recipient of venture funding, accounting 60% of total funding.

However, the landscape continues to evolve and other ecosystems are beginning to

emerge, including Saudi Arabia, the fastest growing ecosystem across MENA,

which now ranks third in both number of deals and total funding in the region.

MAGNiTT saidstated that 2019 was a record year for exits at 27 , with Careem’s $3.1B acquisition by Uber being the first unicorn exit in the region.

On the other hand MAGNiTT asserted that more institutions have invested in MENA-based startups than ever before.

The MENA startups data platform explained further that 2019 witnessed a hike of 33% in the number of institutions that have invested in MENA-based startups compared to 2018, revealing that in total 212 institutions have made investments in 2019.

” Investor appetite for MENA’s tech startups is growing as the ecosystem matures.

Average ticket size is also up by 7% across all deals in 2019. Moreover, 2019 saw the emergence of non-traditional tech investors such as corporates, PEs, family offices and asset managers, which saw a 39% increase from last year,” according to MAGNiTT,” according to MAGNiTT.

The report saiddeclared that 25% of all entities that invested in MENA-based startups were based outside of the MENA region, marking a new record high.

MAGNiTT also showed out that FinTech remains the most active industry by number of deals;, accounting 13% of all deals.

” wWhile  the Delivery & Transport industry, however, accounts for the highest amount of funding of any industry at 19% , as bus transportation startups such as Swvl ( $42m ) and trucking startups such as TruKKer ( $23m ) raise sizable funding rounds,” accoriding to MAGNiTT.

MAGNiTT finalised that 2019 marks a record year for key indicators including, number of investments, number of exits, and the total number of investors investing in MENA-based startups.

All of these records point towards a maturing ecosystem,” says MAGNiTT’s founder & CEO, Philip Bahoshy.

“With exits at an all-time-high, including MENA’s first unicorn exit, the region’s founders, investors, and governments are seeing the returns on their efforts in the tech venture space,” he added.

Commenting on the launch of the report, Bahoshy saidtated “As the ecosystem is rapidly developing, it is our belief that the availability of accurate and comprehensive data will drive the decisions that shape the future of technology across MENA. We’re excited to share our detailed 2019 MENA Venture Investment report to inform, update, and empower key decision-makers interested in this space. Tech in MENA is booming,”

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