Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Mobile/Apps industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors that have invested in Private Equity stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Mobile/Apps industry.

Amount of money raised in Private Equity funding rounds is $11.5B, which is 13.8% of the total amount of money raised in the Mobile/Apps industry over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors 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 most common region for top VCs is North America which hosts 13 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 12 funds. There are also funds from The United Kingdom, Luxembourg and Japan. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from London, Philadelphia and New York. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, Ghana, and Germany. 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 Telecommunications, Real Estate and Enterprise Software.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1965 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 2000 to 2021. 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 204. Average number of funding rounds is 66.9 while median is 50.5. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 10. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 4 and maximum is 109. Average amount of lead investments is 36.8 while median is 32.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 6. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -71.0 and 5.67 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -28.18 and the median is -26.46. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -71.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 1 – 2 or 2 – 3 investors more often than in rounds with 3 – 4 or 6 – 7 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 50 – 100 million, less than 100 thousands or 10 – 50 million more often than 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 0.62 and median is 0.2. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.