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The top 13 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Western Europe 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 14, which is 5.4% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds in Western Europe over the last 3 years.

Top 13 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Mobile/Apps industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - The most common country among top VCs is The United Kingdom which hosts 7 funds. There are also funds from Luxembourg, Germany and Switzerland. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Luxembourg, Porto and Nyon. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from The United States, Spain, and Portugal. 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 Enterprise Software, Telecommunications and Security.
  • Important Years - The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1981 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 2, 7 - 12 or in 13 - 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 134. Average number of funding rounds is 42.2 while median is 26.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 132. Average amount of lead investments is 29.1 while median is 8.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 8. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -69.51 and 11.98 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -26.21 and the median is -31.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -45.19.
  • Typical Rounds - VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 - 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 - 5, 3 - 4 or 2 - 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 50 - 100 million, 100 thousands - 1 million and 100-500 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.37 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.33 and median is 0.16. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.