Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Mobile/Apps 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 in Late stage over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Mobile/Apps industry.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 115, which is 16.9% of the total amount of Late rounds in the Mobile/Apps industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Late funding rounds in Mobile/Apps 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 7 funds. There are also funds from France, Sweden and Germany. The most common city is London which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Stockholm, Paris and Maisons-alfort. VCs in the sample invest in The United States, The United Kingdom and France more often than they do in India. For 9 funds in the sample, 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, Autonomous Vehicles and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1898 and the newest one in 2018. In 2000 the most amount of funds were founded. 2018 holds the most deals for 7 VCs. 2019, 2015 and 2020 were also fruitful.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 24 or in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 76.2 while median is 45.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 166. Average amount of lead investments is 39.1 while median is 24.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 19. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 7.57 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -15.29 and the median is -14.63. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors, less often in rounds with 2 – 3 or 4 – 5 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands, 50 – 100 million or 10 – 50 million more often than 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.98 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.37 and median is 0.13. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.