Top 20 investors that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Mobile/Apps industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors that have invested in Private Equity stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Mobile/Apps industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Mobile/Apps is 54, which is 4.9% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Mobile/Apps industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common region for top VCs is North America which hosts 11 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, and Eastern Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Germany and Switzerland. The most common city is London which is home to 3 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Philadelphia and New York. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Spain, and Israel. For half 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 Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Business Development and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1976 and the newest one in 2017. In 1981 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2011 to 2021. For some funds, 2017 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 2 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 204. Average number of funding rounds is 64.1 while median is 42.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 10. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 109. Average amount of lead investments is 35.8 while median is 26.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 8. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 10.2 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -29.13 and the median is -34.08. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -37.67.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 50 – 100 million, more often than 100-500 million or 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 7.74 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.68 and median is 0.19. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.