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<\/a> Egypt held the second-biggest share of venture capital investment in MENA last<\/strong> year<\/strong>, falling behind the UAE, which accounted for a whopping 56% of the total funding amount last year, according to Magnitt\u2019s MENA Venture Investment Report<\/a>. Egypt\u2019s VC funding inflows jumped 31% y-o-y in 2020, helping it to increase its share of regional funding by two percentage points to 17%. The uptick was driven by the investments in the first half of the year, with investments slowing by 58% in the second half due to the economic impact of covid-19. Saudi Arabia came in third with 15% of regional VC funding, up from 11% in 2019.<\/p>\n

Egypt accounted for almost a quarter (24%) of the region\u2019s VC transactions<\/strong>, coming just short of the UAE\u2019s 26% and ahead of third-placed Saudi Arabia at 18%.<\/p>\n

Across the region:<\/strong> Funding was up by 13% y-o-y to USD 1 bn, though total transaction count decreased by 13% to 496. The food and beverage industry saw a tripling of funding to USD 122 mn, while health funding also tripled to USD 72 mn, and e-commerce funding increased 24% to USD 162 mn.<\/p>\n

Our math says nearly 50% more transactions were closed in Egypt last year<\/strong> and that the average transaction was worth about 2x in 2020 was it was the year before. Tap or click here to read our 2020 Review: The year in startups.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egypt held the second-biggest share of venture capital investment in MENA last year, falling behind the UAE, which accounted for a whopping 56% of the total funding amount last year, according to Magnitt\u2019s MENA Venture Investment Report. 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