Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Early funding rounds in Mobile 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 Western Europe that have invested in Early stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Mobile industry.
Mobile industry includes mobile payments, mobile apps, and app discovery.

Amount of money raised in Early funding rounds is $4.5B, which is 10.4% of the total amount of money raised in the Mobile industry in Western Europe over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Early 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 Switzerland, France and Germany. The most common city is London which is home to 9 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Geneve and Berlin. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and The United Kingdom. They also invest in France and Switzerland. 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 Gamification, Business Development and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1997 and the newest one in 2019. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2004 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2019 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 13, the maximum is 593. Average number of funding rounds is 143.7 while median is 104.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 167. Average amount of lead investments is 33.9 while median is 13.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -27.25 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 4.16 and the median is 5.69. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is 100 thousands – 1 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 42.99 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 5.21 and median is 2.59. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.