Top 20 investors 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 that have invested in Early stage over the last 3 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 $42.2B, which is 13.1% of the total amount of money raised in the Mobile industry over the last 3 years.

Top 20 investors 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 region for top VCs is North America which hosts 14 funds. There are also funds from Eastern Asia, Western Europe, and South Asia. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 14 funds. There are also funds from China, Sweden and South Korea. The majority of VCs are based in Silicon Valley. The most common city is Menlo Park which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from San Francisco, New York and Mountain View. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from China, Sweden, and South Korea. 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 Business Development, Gamification and Autonomous Vehicles.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1972 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, 2020 was the year with the most amount of deals. The biggest amount of successful exits happened between 2006 and 2021 years. For some funds, 2018 became the year with the most successful exits.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 24 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 11, the maximum is 1627. Average number of funding rounds is 463.8 while median is 334.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 594. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 503. Average amount of lead investments is 110.6 while median is 64.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 35. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -46.22 and 21.77 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -7.65 and the median is -3.39. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – Funds participate in rounds with 3 – 4 or 4 – 5 investors The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common range is 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.26 at minimum and 20.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 5.5 and median is 4.94.