Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of 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 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 Mobile funding rounds is $43.2B, which is 13.3% of the total amount of money raised in rounds in Western Europe over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of 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 Sweden, Germany and France. The most common city is London which is home to 8 funds. There are also funds from Stockholm, Paris and Berlin. VCs in the sample usually invest in The United States and The United Kingdom. They also invest in Germany and Sweden. For half 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 Banking, Transportation and Telecommunications.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1865 and the newest one in 2017. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2008 to 2021. For some funds, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2011 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2016 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 187. Average number of funding rounds is 86.5 while median is 87.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 113. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 42. Average amount of lead investments is 19.0 while median is 12.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -45.19 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -2.84 and the median is -2.18. 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. Seed and Private Equity stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 4 – 5 or 3 – 4 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is more than 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is close to zero at minimum and 13.81 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 3.73 and median is 2.6. The most common multiplicator value is close to zero.