Top 17 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Mobile/Apps industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 17 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in North America that have invested in Private Equity stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Mobile/Apps industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North America is $10.5B, which is 74.1% of the total amount of money raised in the Mobile/Apps industry in Private Equity rounds over the last 4 years.

Top 17 investors in North America with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Mobile/Apps industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The majority of VCs are located in The United States while others are in Canada. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from New York, Philadelphia and Washington. There are 2 countries that funds tend to invest in: The United States and Canada with the majority investing in The United States. 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 Banking. They also invest in Real Estate, Enterprise Software and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1869 and the newest one in 2017. In 1999 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2000 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2, 7 – 12 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 4, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 95.1 while median is 64.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 42. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 4 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 51.2 while median is 38.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 38. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 4.78 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -28.1 and the median is -25.67. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2, 3 – 4 or 6 – 7 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 10 – 50 million, more often than 50 – 100 million or 100-500 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 0.66 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.