Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of 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 in North America that have invested over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Mobile/Apps industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in North America is $94.2B, which is 50.6% of the total amount of money raised in the Mobile/Apps industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in North America with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Mobile/Apps industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – All VCs are located in The United States. New York is the most common state for VCs and it hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from California, Massachusetts and Maryland. The most common city is New York which is home to 12 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, Menlo Park and Boston. These VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from India and China. 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 Business Development, Real Estate and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1864 and the newest one in 2017. In 2000 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, 2020 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, 13 – 24 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 463. Average number of funding rounds is 121.4 while median is 86.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 226. Average amount of lead investments is 62.3 while median is 28.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.47 and 27.86 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -10.8 and the median is -13.1. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Late and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Private Equity and Debt stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 5 – 6 or 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common ranges are 50 – 100 million, 10 – 50 million and less than 100 thousands. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 8.56 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.95 and median is 0.42. The most common multiplicator value is 0.23.