Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most funding rounds in Mobile industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Western Europe that have invested over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Mobile industry.
Mobile industry includes mobile payments, mobile apps, and app discovery.

Amount of funding rounds in Mobile is 2563, which is 9.9% of the total amount of rounds in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most 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 9 funds. There are also funds from France, Sweden and Germany. The most common city is London which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Stockholm and Vienna. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from The United Kingdom, France, and Sweden. 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 Autonomous Vehicles, Gamification and Medical Service.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1982 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 2013 to 2021. For some funds, 2018 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 – Funds equally often participate in 7 – 12 and 24 funding rounds per year. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 40, the maximum is 597. Average number of funding rounds is 321.2 while median is 349.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 192. Average amount of lead investments is 69.9 while median is 43.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 33. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 26.5 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 1.41 and the median is 4.02. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Seed and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Late and Private Equity stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of 100-500 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 18.19 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 5.51 and median is 3.98.