Intro

The top 7 investors according to the total money raised in the funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Sub-Saharan Africa that have invested over the last 3 years. They are actively investing in Mobile/Apps industry.

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Sub-Saharan Africa is $130.0M, which is 0.1% of the total amount of money raised in the Mobile/Apps industry over the last 3 years.

Top 7 investors in Sub-Saharan Africa with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Mobile/Apps industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

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Key takeaways

  • Funds Geography - All funds are from different countries. No country grouping tendencies were found in this sample. All funds are based in different cities. No city grouping tendencies were found in this sample. There is no investment geofocus for VCs in the sample. All of them invest in startups from different countries. The country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments don't coincide.
  • Industry Focus - The funds’ most common field for investments is Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Sales and Information Technology.
  • Important Years - Years with the most deals are 2018 and 2014. 2020 was less fruitful.
  • Investments - Usually VCs take part in 2 - 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 2. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 50. Average number of funding rounds is 15.9 while median is 12.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 1 and maximum is 35. Average amount of lead investments is 9.4 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 1. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -51.0 and 4.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -22.69 and the median is -21.0. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is -21.0.
  • Typical Rounds - Private Equity and Early stages are more common for funds in the sample. Seed and Late stages are less common. Funds participate in rounds with 2 - 3 or 1 - 2 investors more often than in rounds with 3 - 4 investors. The most common average round size for these funds is less than 100 thousands. Other common ranges are 100 thousands - 1 million and 1 - 5 million. The most common average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation for funds in the sample is 0.0. 6.37, 0.48 and 0.21 are less common.