Top 17 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Mobile 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 Western Europe that have invested in Private Equity stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Mobile industry.
Mobile industry includes mobile payments, mobile apps, and app discovery.

Amount of money raised in Private Equity funding rounds is $4.2B, which is 5.9% of the total amount of money raised in the Mobile industry in Western Europe over the last 4 years.

Top 17 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Private Equity funding rounds in Mobile industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is The United Kingdom which hosts 10 funds. There are also funds from Switzerland, France and Sweden. The most common city is London which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Zürich and Stockholm. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from The United States, Sweden, and France. 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 Finance. They also invest in E-Commerce Platforms, Digital Media and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1854 and the newest one in 2017. In 2007 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, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2017 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2 – 6. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 198. Average number of funding rounds is 67.7 while median is 52.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 133. Average amount of lead investments is 27.9 while median is 10.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -55.18 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -13.93 and the median is -11.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -11.0.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 1 – 2 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 137.4 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 11.66 and median is 2.02. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.