Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Mobile/Apps 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 Late stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Mobile/Apps industry.

Amount of money raised in Mobile/Apps funding rounds is $37.5B, which is 12.6% of the total amount of money raised in Late rounds over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors with the biggest sum of Late funding rounds in Mobile/Apps 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 8 funds. There are also funds from Western Europe, Eastern Asia, and North Africa and the Middle East. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 8 funds. There are also funds from China, Sweden and The United Kingdom. The most common city is New York which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Stockholm, San Francisco and Xuhui. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from China, The United Kingdom, and Germany. For 8 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 Telecommunications, Business Development and Gamification.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1880 and the newest one in 2015. In 2008 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, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 or 7 – 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 2, the maximum is 238. Average number of funding rounds is 77.8 while median is 55.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 55. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 138. Average amount of lead investments is 40.4 while median is 28.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 30. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -9.26 and the median is -12.94. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 4 – 5, 5 – 6 or 2 – 3 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is 100-500 million. Less common ranges are 50 – 100 million, 10 – 50 million and 500 million – 1 billion. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.1 at minimum and 8.56 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 1.22 and median is 0.72.