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Investment Trends
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
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Contents
Feed Summary
Investment Trends
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
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Feed Summary
Investment Trend Summary
Exit Outlook Summary
BlueBox
Summary of Key Markets
Notable Companies in the Sector
Recent News
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Note: Mega Companies includes IPO’d companies, Mega Acquisitions and Unicorn. Data is taken from Tracxn Platform as on July 2, 2018.
Mobile App Studios Feed Summary
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Mobile App Studios > Feed Summary
All companies whose core business model is to develop mobile apps and make them available to the end users through
different platforms like app stores, own websites, etc.
• Inclusions: App studios which develop mobile apps for
consumers, enterprises and also sell or provide their
products to the users directly with their own brand name.
• Exclusions: 1) All app distribution platforms including
but not limited to different app stores.2) Third-party app
developers who develop apps for enterprises, where the
clients publish and/or market the apps with their own
brand names for internal or external use.3) Companies
involved solely in the development and distribution of
mobile app based games since they are viewed as
belonging to a different sector - Mobile Game Studios
• Excludes funding information of Chinese companies
Feed in Numbers
Overview
$503M
Funding
3
Mega
Companies
801302
FundedCovered on
Tracxn
-
Unicorns
-
Soonicorns
3
Minicorns
1
IPO’d Cos
26
Late Stage Cos
3
2
Acquisitions
103
DeadPooled
13
Acquihired
Series A+ Cos
Amino Apps
(2011, New York City, $72.4M)
OpenSignal
(2010, Laguna Hills, $14.4M)
MySQUAR
(2013, Yangon, Public)
Top Companies
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Investment Trend Summary
Summary of Funding Activity in Mobile App Studios
5
$82M - Series H
Movile (1998, Sao Paulo, $271M)
$26.9M - Series B
Yogome (2012, San Francisco, $36.7M)
$53M - Series F
Movile (1998, Sao Paulo, $271M)
$19.2M - Series B
Amino Apps (2011, New York City, $72.4M)
$45M - Series C
Amino Apps (2011, New York City, $72.4M)
$9.1M - Series B
OpenSignal (2010, Laguna Hills, $14.4M)
$40M - Series F
Movile (1998, Sao Paulo, $271M)
Top Geos of InvestmentEntrepreneurial Activity Global Funding Trend
*YTD *YTD
Mobile App Studios > Feed Summary > Investment Trend Summary
Seed
GV (#2), Advancit Capital (#1), Bertelsmann Digital Media
Investments (#1)
Series A/B
AIB Seed Capital Fund (#1), Altos Ventures Capital (#1), Ascent
Capital (#1)
Series C+ Innova Capital (#1)
Incubators Techstars (#2) Flux Accelerator (#1)
Other Notable
Investors
Amplify (#1), ARC Angel Fund NYC (#1), Axel Springer SE (#1)
Debt Investors
Most Active InvestorsRecent Investments
16 12 15 10 8 4
$10M
$74M
$61M
$73M
$145M
$83M
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018*
$ Funding # Rounds
$271M
$172M
$45.6M
$9.5M
$7.5M
Latam
US
Europe
India
SEA
$ Funding
152
133
112
82
20
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018*
Y-o-Y # of Companies Founded
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Summary of exit outlook in Mobile App Studios
Exit Outlook Summary
66
Most Active AcquirersTop Investors in Exits
I5invest Beratungs 1 Runtastic (2009, Pasching, $188k)
Summit Partners 1 Jamba (2000, Berlin)
Axel Springer SE 1 Runtastic (2009, Pasching, $188k)
Yonder & Beyond 1 MySQUAR (2013, Yangon, $3.2M)
Bell Pottinger 1 MySQUAR (2013, Yangon, $3.2M)
Aug 2015 Runtastic Acq by adidas Group for $240M
May 2004 Jamba Acq by VeriSign for $273M
Mobile App Studios > Feed Summary > Exit Outlook Summary
VeriSign 1 Jamba (May 2004, $273M)
adidas Group 1 Runtastic (Aug 2015, $240M)
Recent IPOs Top Acquisitions
MySQUAR Jul 2015
Social chat app
IPO MCap: $29M Current MCap: -
7. Funding data excludes Debt, Grants & Post-IPO rounds. Excludes all details for Chinese companies
FACTSHEET
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Overview
Companies 1302
Funded 80 Series A+ 26
Funding $503M Last 2 yrs $228M
Most Active Investors
Seed GV (2)
Series A/B Venrock (1)
Series C+ Innova Capital (1)
Others Amplify (1)
Incubators Techstars (2)
Top Cities
Sao Paulo 4 Cos $271M
Bay Area 69 Cos $69M
Feed in Numbers
Unicorns - Soonicorns -
Minicorns 3 Editor Picks 20
Acquihired 13 Deadpooled 103
Top Companies
MySQUAR (2013, Yangon, Public)
Amino Apps (2011, New York City, $72.4M)
OpenSignal (2010, Laguna Hills, $14.4M)
Exits
IPOs 1 MySQUAR
Acquisitions 2 Runtastic , Jamba
Top Acquirers adidas Group, VeriSign
Marketmap: Mobile App Studios
MULTI-CATEGORY
SOCIAL PLATFORMS
CONTENT
PHOTO & VIDEO
MEDIA & CONTENT
E-READERS
EDUTAINMENT
PRODUCTIVITY
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
UTILITIES
PERSONALIZATION
HEALTH & FITNESS
TRAVEL
7
Mobile App Studios > Feed Summary > BlueBox
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Key Sub Sectors in Mobile App Studios Sector
Summary of Key Markets
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Sub Sectors
# Cos
Tracked
#
Funded
Total
Funding
Horizontal
Companies that develop consumer mobile apps across
different verticals
364 21 $288M
Social Platforms
Companies that develop apps majorly related to social
networking and mobile communication
53 13 $105M
Education
Companies that develop apps related to education
325 5 $39.2M
Utilities
Companies that develop apps related to user
productivity and system management for phones
241 15 $26.6M
Health & Fitness
Companies that develop apps related to health and
fitness like health guidance, BP checkup,...
39 6 $20.3M
Photo & Video
Companies that develop apps related to photos and
videos like camera apps, gallery apps,...
91 10 $9.7M
Media & Entertainment
Companies that develop apps related to
entertainment, music etc
75 3 $9.2M
Mobile App Studios > Feed Summary > Summary of Key Markets
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List of Notable Companies in Mobile App Studios
Notable Companies in the Sector
9
Note: *(Founded Year, Location, Total Funding)
Mobile App Studios > Feed Summary > Notable Companies in the Sector
Public
MySQUAR
(2013, Yangon, $3.2M)*
Acquired
Jamba
(2000, Berlin)
Runtastic
(2009, Pasching, $188k)
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List of Notable Companies by Market in Mobile App Studios
Notable Companies by Market
11
Mobile App Studios > Feed Summary > Notable Companies by Market
Horizontal
Horizontal
MySQUAR (2013, Yangon, $3.2M)
Social chat app
Editor's Pick. Stage: Public
Yonder & Beyond, Bell Pottinger, Pix Vine Capital
Jamba (2000, Berlin)
Developer of mobile apps in multiple fields
Stage: Acquired
Summit Partners
Health & Fitness
Health & Fitness
Runtastic (2009, Pasching, $188k)
Fitness and health tracking apps
Editor's Pick. Stage: Acquired
Axel Springer SE, I5invest Beratungs
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List of Notable Companies in Mobile App Studios in China
Notable Companies in the Sector in China
12
Mobile App Studios > Feed Summary > Notable Companies in the Sector in China
Public
Sungy Mobile
(2003, Guangzhou, $20M)
Utoo
(2009, Nanjing)
Cheetah Mobile
(2010, Beijing, $60M)
Unicorns
Yixia
(2011, Beijing, $775M)
APUS Group
(2014, Beijing, $116M)
Soonicorns
DotC United
(2014, Beijing, $395M)
Holaverse
(2012, Shanghai, $80M)
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Recent News in Mobile App Studios Sector
Recent News
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Mobile App Studios > Feed Summary > Recent News
Jun 2018 Vivo launches fibre broadband and TV in Divinopolis, Telecompaper
Jun 2018
MySQUAR says Singapore money transfer tests go well, Proactive
Investors
Jun 2018 Cheetah Mobile Announces Management Change, PR Newswire
Jun 2018
Cheetah's New App Lets Crypto Investors Track Portfolios on the
Go, CoinDesk
Jun 2018
MySQUAR raises £2mln to fund acquisition of mobile payments
systems group MyPay Myanmar, Proactive Investors
Jun 2018
Vivo and Claro win government contract for telephony services,
Telecompaper
Jun 2018
APUS bets big on India’s burgeoning gaming industry with its LIVE
quiz mobile game “Go Millionaire”, Core Sector Communique
Jun 2018
Vivo Taps Netcracker’s BSS to Drive B2B Transformation,
TELECOMDRIVE
Jun 2018
China’s Vivo unveils US$800 notch-free phone with a pop-up
camera solution, South China Morning Post
Jun 2018
Amino raises $45M to bring fan communities to smartphones,
TechCrunch
Jun 2018
Nyansa Introduces Voyance WAN and Voyance Client Agent,
APMdigest
Jun 2018
MySQUAR Nets GBP250,000 After Bond Conversion Notice
(ALLISS), London South East
Key Recent News Key Recent News
Jun 2018
MySQUAR Gets Notice To Convert GBP350,000 Of Convertible
Bonds (ALLISS), London South East
Jun 2018
TouchPal Is Unveiling The 1st AR Emoji Feature In A Keyboard App,
ValueWalk
May 2018
Carrot, a weather app with personality, is coming to Android, The
Verge
May 2018
Latin America’s Movile is quietly building a mobile empire, Tech
News Universe
May 2018 Email client Spark becomes collaborative, TechCrunch
Apr 2018
XTD’s technology subsidiary teams with IBM for smart cities digital
solutions, Tech Capital
Mar 2018
Tokyo-Based Dream Incubator Leads Funding Round In E-Pharma
Myra, Franchise India
Jan 2018
Cheetah Mobile Off To Fast Start After Adding 58.com Founder To
Board, Investor's Business Daily
Jan 2018
Northsight Capital Closes Acquisition of Crush Mobile App,
GlobeNewswire
Jan 2018 Vivo partners with Twitter, Telecompaper
Jan 2018
World’s first in-display fingerprint scanning smartphone by Vivo
revealed at CES 2018, TechGenYZ
Jan 2018
MySQUAR Responds To Reports Of Discussions With China's
Tencent, Morningstar
Jan 2018
Movile Invests Us$9m In Colombian Grocery Startup Mercadoni,
LAVCA
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Contents
Feed Summary
Investment Trends
Market Details
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
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Funding Trends
Median Deal Size and Trend
New Entrants in Funding Club
Distribution of companies by Funding Range
Funding Funnel of the Sector
Top Investments and Investors
Investors in Unicorn club
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Jun 2018
Beauty Tech
Jun 2018
Gaming Enablers
Jun 2018
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$18M $16M
$10M
$74M
$61M
$73M
$145M
$83M
0
5
10
15
20
25
$0k
$20M
$40M
$60M
$80M
$100M
$120M
$140M
$160M
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018*
$ Funding # Rounds
Investments ($M) and number of rounds in Mobile App Studios; 2011-2018
Global Funding Trends (1/2)
16
Note: Funding excludes Grant, Debt and Post IPO rounds. Excludes all details for Chinese companies
Mobile App Studios > Investment Trends > Global Funding Trends
#Rounds
$Funding
3 Year CAGR
6 Year CAGR 13% # of Rounds41% $ Funding
14% # of Rounds
25% $ Funding
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$8M $1M $4M $8M $3M $3M $3M $2M
$10M
$15M
$6M
$11M $18M
$30M
$7M
$36M
$55M $40M $40M $135M $45M
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 YTD
Seed Early Stage Late Stage
18 7 12 9 8 6 5 1
2
3 4
2
6 3
1
2
1 1 1 2 1
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 YTD
Seed Early Stage Late Stage
20
4
Total # of Rounds
$0K $0K $0K
$55M
$40M $40M
$135M
$72M
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
0
20000000
40000000
60000000
80000000
100000000
120000000
140000000
160000000
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 YTD
$ Funding # of Rounds
17
Note: Mega Rounds = rounds with size > $20M. Funding excludes Grant, Debt and Post IPO rounds. Excludes all details for Chinese companies
Stage-wise Number of RoundsStage-wise $ Invested
New Entrants in Funded ClubMega Rounds
Global Funding Trends (2/2)
Investments ($M) and number of rounds in Mobile App Studios; 2011-2018
Mobile App Studios > Investment Trends > Global Funding Trends
22
10
6
5
4
3 1
51$1.3M
$1.0M
$0.0M
$0.2M
$0.4M
$0.6M
$0.8M
$1.0M
$1.2M
$1.4M
$1.6M
$1.8M
$2.0M
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 YTD Total
Entrants in Funding Club Avg. Ticket Size
- - - 1 1 1 2 2 $1.3M $0.5M $1.8M $0.4M $0.7M $0.3M $1.8M $1M
$18M
$83M
Total $ Invested
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Mobile App Studios > Investment Trends > Funding Trends by Geography
Investments ($M) and number of rounds in Mobile App Studios
Funding Trends by Geography
Funding Trends by Geography Top Cities of Funding
City $ Funding # Rounds
Sao Paulo 271M 8
New York City 80.4M 12
Bay Area 74.2M 22
Stockholm 16.7M 2
Laguna Hills 14.4M 3
Stuttgart 10M 1
Paris 6M 2
Dublin 3.9M 6
Jakarta 3.5M 3
Yangon 3.2M 2
Total Funding
8
47
30
12
10
2
2
# Rounds
$271M
$172M
$45.6M
$9.5M
$7.5M
$2.1M
$65k
Latam
US
Europe
India
SEA
South Korea
Japan
Note: Excludes funding information of China companies
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Trend of Average Deal Size ($M)
$0.6 $0.7
$0.5
$1.0
$0.5
$0.7 $0.8
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
$10.0
$5.0
$1.8
$5.4
$3.6
$1.0
$6.6
$0.0 $0.0
$2.4
$0.0 $0.0
$14.6
$0.0
$0.0 $0.0 $0.0
$55.0
$40.0 $40.0
$67.5
Mobile App Studios > Investment Trends > Median Deal Size and Trend
Median and Average Deal Size in $M (per Stage) in Mobile App Studios; 2011-2017
Median Deal Size and Trend
Note: Excludes funding information of Chinese companies. *Graph not to scale
Median Deal Size and Range
$30K* $2.7M
$800K $10M
$2.4M $26.9M
$40M $82M
$49M
$10M
$4M
$580K
Series C+
Series B
Series A
Seed
Stage
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Note: 43 companies with undisclosed funding amount are not included
20
<$1M
$1-10M
$10-50M
$50-100M
$100M+
Funding Range
17
20
5
1
1
No. of Companies
Mobile App Studios > Investment Trends > Distribution of companies by Funding Range
No. of companies by funding range in Mobile App Studios; as of Jul 2018
Distribution of companies by Funding Range
$4M
$67M
$88M
$72M
$271M
$ Investment
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Stage No. of Companies
Funding
Funnel
100%
6%
2%
1%
0%
21
Note: Numbers in the brackets show the count of companies
Time to raise
next round
3
9
26
80
1302
Series C+
Series B
Series A
Funded
Founded
Next
Round
100M+
Valuation
Exits
Acqui-
Hired
Dead
Pooled
Others
6% 0%
(3)
0%
(3)
1%
(14)
8%
(103)
85%
(1105)
33% 4%
(3)
4%
(3)
4%
(3)
13%
(10)
51%
(41)
35% 8%
(2)
8%
(2)
4%
(1)
8%
(2)
54%
(14)
33% - - 11%
(1)
- 56%
(5)
- - - 33%
(1)
- -
Mobile App Studios > Investment Trends > Funding Funnel
Number of companies progressing to subsequent funding stages in Mobile App Studios
Funding Funnel
19 Months
20 Months
18 Months
Investment backedBootstrapped
2
1
Soonicorns
Unicorns
Acquisitions
IPOs
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Note: Seed Stage (Seed, Angel), Early Stage (Series A, Series B), Late Stage (Series C+, PE)
Mobile App Studios > Investment Trends > Notable Investments in last 24 months
Major funding rounds by Stage in Mobile App Studios; Jul 2016-Jul 2018
Notable Investments in last 24 months
LATE STAGE
$82M - Series H Dec 2017
Movile (1998, Sao Paulo, $271M)
Mobile Apps/Platforms and Marketing for
Entertainment
Naspers, Innova Capital
$53M - Series F Jun 2017
Movile (1998, Sao Paulo, $271M)
Mobile Apps/Platforms and Marketing for
Entertainment
Naspers, Innova Capital
$45M - Series C Jun 2018
Amino Apps (2011, New York City, $72.4M)
Online communities enabler
GV, Venrock, Union Square Ventures, Goodwater
Capital, Time Warner, Hearst
EARLY STAGE
$26.9M - Series B Mar 2018
Yogome (2012, San Francisco, $36.7M)
STEM focussed mini mobile games for 6-12 age kids
Exceed Capital, Seaya Ventures, Insight Venture
Partners, Variv Capital
$19.2M - Series B Dec 2016
Amino Apps (2011, New York City, $72.4M)
Online communities enabler
GV, Venrock, Union Square Ventures, BoxGroup,
Time Warner, Goodwater Capital
$9.1M - Series B Mar 2018
OpenSignal (2010, Laguna Hills, $14.4M)
Develops apps related to network connection and
wireless signal coverage
Octopus Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, O'Reilly
AlphaTech Ventures, Passion Capital
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Note: Seed Stage (Seed, Angel), Early Stage (Series A, Series B), Late Stage (Series C+, PE)
Mobile App Studios > Investment Trends > Notable Investments in last 24 months in China
Major funding rounds by Stage in Mobile App Studios; Jul 2016-Jul 2018
Notable Investments in last 24 months in China
LATE STAGE
$500M - Series E Nov 2016
Yixia (2011, Beijing, $775M)
Mobile app studio for photo and video apps (Parent
company of Miaopai)
EARLY STAGE
$350M - Series B Jul 2017
DotC United (2014, Beijing, $395M)
Developer of mobile apps related to system
management
$45M - Series A Jul 2016
DotC United (2014, Beijing, $395M)
Developer of mobile apps related to system
management
Banyan Capital, Chengwei Capital, Bertelsmann Asia
Investment Fund, Lightspeed China Partners,
Morningside Ventures
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Most Active Investors (VC, PE) by Stage in Mobile App Studios; Last 5 years (Jul 2013-Jul 2018)
Most Active VC & PE Investors
24
Note: Seed Stage (Seed, Angel), Early Stage (Series A, Series B), Late Stage (Series C+, PE)
Mobile App Studios > Investment Trends > Most Active VC & PE Investors
SEED STAGE
GV (2 Investments)
Amino Apps, Egomotion Corp
1
SV Angel
Amino Apps
2
Initialized Capital
Egomotion Corp
3
KEC Ventures
Kanvas Labs
4
Union Square Ventures
Amino Apps
5
BoxGroup
Amino Apps
6
Kalaari Capital
Global Delight
7
Greycroft Partners
Splash
8
Seedcamp
Splash
9
E.ventures
Splash
10
EARLY STAGE
Venrock
Amino Apps
1
SparkLabs Global Ventures
Lifesum
2
Seaya Ventures
Yogome
3
Variv Capital
Yogome
4
East Ventures
Siamsquared Tech
5
Goodwater Capital
Amino Apps
6
Battery Ventures
Joya
7
Insight Venture Partners
Yogome
8
CyberAgent Ventures
Siamsquared Tech
9
Octopus Ventures
OpenSignal
10
LATE STAGE
Innova Capital
Movile
1
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Mobile App Studios > Investment Trends > Most Active Ecosystem Investors
Top Ecosystem Investors in Mobile App Studios; Last 5 years (Jul 2013-Jul 2018)
Most Active Ecosystem Investors
INCUBATOR/ACCELERATOR
Techstars(2 Investments)
Amino Apps, ReAble
1
Flux Accelerator
Vidapp
2
OTHER NOTABLE INVESTORS
Amplify
StoryToys
1
ARC Angel Fund NYC
Kanvas Labs
2
Axel Springer SE
Runtastic
3
Bauer Media
Lifesum
4
DeNA
Splash
5
Dream Incubator
MetaRain
6
Endeavor
Yogome
7
ENISA
Skitude
8
ESADE
Skitude
9
Exceed Capital
Yogome
10
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Mobile App Studios > Investment Trends > Investors in Unicorn club
Investors in Unicorn Club
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Mobile App Studios > Investment Trends > Unicorn Investors in the Sector
Unicorn Investors in the Sector
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Investors
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Appendix
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BlueBox
Key Sub Sectors
Detailed Sector Taxonomy
Top Markets of Investment Activity
Top Markets of Early Stage Investors
Other Notable Markets
Market Deep Dive
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Key Sub Sectors in Mobile App Studios
Market Top Companies
# Cos
Tracked
#
Funded
Total
Funding
Horizontal
Companies that develop consumer mobile apps across different verticals
MySQUAR (2013, Yangon, Public)
Movile (1998, Sao Paulo, $271M)
364 21 $288M
Social Platforms
Companies that develop apps majorly related to social networking and mobile communication
Seed Labs (2009, Austin, Acquired)
Amino Apps (2011, New York City, $72.4M)
53 13 $105M
Education
Companies that develop apps related to education
Yogome (2012, San Francisco, $36.7M)
StoryToys (2008, Dublin, $2.3M)
325 5 $39.2M
Utilities
Companies that develop apps related to user productivity and system management for phones
RadioOpt (2008, Dresden, Acquired)
OpenSignal (2010, Laguna Hills, $14.4M)
241 15 $26.6M
Health & Fitness
Companies that develop apps related to health and fitness like health guidance, BP checkup,
exercise training, etc
Runtastic (2009, Pasching, Acquired)
Lifesum (2008, Stockholm, $16.7M)
39 6 $20.3M
Photo & Video
Companies that develop apps related to photos and videos like camera apps, gallery apps, GIF
apps, etc.
Kanvas Labs (2011, New York City,
Acquired)
Global Delight (2008, Udupi, $3.2M)
91 10 $9.7M
Media & Entertainment
Companies that develop apps related to entertainment, music etc
doubleTwist (2007, San Francisco, $7.5M)
Musopia (2011, Helsinki, $1.7M)
75 3 $9.2M
Content
Companies that develop content platforms where users can download music, movies, info, etc.
Acrylic Software (2009, Vancouver,
Acquired)
Apps Foundry (2010, Jakarta, $3.5M)
28 2 $3.5M
Travel
Companies that develop apps related to travel like trip planning, tour guidance, navigation etc.
Skitude (2011, Brighton, $863k)
Blue Crow Media (2010, London, $97.2k)
23 4 $961k
Sports
Companies that develop apps related to sports
Footplr (2012, Seoul)
Core Coders (2008, Worthing)
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Performance indicators of public companies in Mobile App Studios
IPO Date Company
Current
MCap
IPO
Mcap
Revenue P/E
Exchange
Ticker
Apr 2016
Utoo (2009, Nanjing)
Mobile app studio developing productivity apps
Neeq:836746
Jul 2015
MySQUAR (2013, Yangon)
Social chat app
$29M $795k LON:MYSQ
May 2014
Cheetah Mobile (2010, Beijing)
Mobile and PC security products
$1.8B $1.9B $657M 8.27 NYSE:CMCM
Nov 2013
Sungy Mobile (2003, Guangzhou)
Mobile app studio that develops apps related to personalization and
system management
$363M GOMO
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Notable Acquisitions in Mobile App Studios
Mobile App Studios > Exit Outlook > Notable Acquisitions
2015
Acquirer: adidas Group Deal: $240M
Runtastic (2009, Pasching, $188k)
Fitness and health tracking apps
Before 2008
Acquirer: VeriSign Deal: $273M
Jamba (2000, Berlin)
Developer of mobile apps in multiple fields
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Acqui-hires
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List of Acqui-hires in Mobile App Studios
Excludes all details for Chinese companies
Date Target
Jan-18 Crush Mobile Acq by Northsight Capital
Jul-17 JRummy Apps Acq by Maple Media
Dec-16 Tiny Hearts Acq by Shopify
Nov-16 RadioOpt Acq by Vodafone Germany
Aug-15 Kanvas Labs Acq by America Online
Aug-15 Mizcoin Acq by ASPIRINGMINDS
Jun-15 Xerces Technologies Acq by JetSynthesys
Nov-14 Apalon Acq by Mindspark
Jun-13 GhostBird Software Acq by Yahoo
May-13 OneLouder Acq by Sprint
Jul-12 Acrylic Software Acq by Facebook
Jun-12 Seed Labs Acq by Cvent
Nov-11 Digital Staircase Acq by Facebook
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Index of Most Active VC & PE Investors
SEED STAGE
GV (2 Investments)
Union Square Ventures
BoxGroup
Kalaari Capital
Advancit Capital
Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments
E.ventures
Felix Capital
Greycroft Partners
Seedcamp
Matrix Partners India
Slow Ventures
SV Angel
Dace Ventures
Initialized Capital
EARLY STAGE
Venrock
Goodwater Capital
Seaya Ventures
Variv Capital
Insight Venture Partners
SparkLabs Global Ventures
Draper Esprit
Nokia Growth Partners
Octopus Ventures
Altos Ventures Capital
Battery Ventures
Ascent Capital
AIB Seed Capital Fund
CyberAgent Ventures
East Ventures
LATE STAGE
Innova Capital
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People
Investments
[Minicorn] Amino Apps (2011, New York City, $72.4M, Series C)
Online communities enabler
Mobile App Studios Notable Portfolio
[Unicorn] Uber (2009, San Francisco, $22.5B, Series G)
Mobile app that connects passengers with vehicle drivers for hire
[Unicorn] Grail Bio (2016, Menlo Park, $2.5B, Series C)
Pan-cancer blood screening for circulating tumor DNA
[Unicorn] Cloudera (2008, Palo Alto, $1B, Public)
Commercialised versions of Hadoop distributions
[Unicorn] Slack (2009, San Francisco, $841M, Series G)
Real-time messaging, archiving and search for enterprise teams.
[Unicorn] Opendoor (2014, San Francisco, $646M, Series E)
Residential re-selling solution provider.
[Unicorn] Robinhood (2012, Palo Alto, $539M, Series D)
Zero commission trading app
[Unicorn] DocuSign (2003, San Francisco, $522M, Series F)
Digital Transaction Management Tool
[Unicorn] Stripe (2010, San Francisco, $511M, Series D)
Web & Mobile Payments for Developers
[Unicorn] 23andMe (2006, Mountain View, $491M, Series F)
Enables customers to study their ancestry, genealogy, and inherited
traits
[Unicorn] Carbon3D (2013, Redwood City, $422M, Series D)
CLIP technology based 3D Printer
[Unicorn] Clover Health (2014, San Francisco, $325M, Series D)
Healthcare insurance for senior citizens
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
David Krane
CEO & Managing
Partner
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Jun 2018
Amino raises $45M to bring fan communities to
smartphones, TechCrunch
Dec 2016 Amino Apps Grabs $19.2M Series B Round, VC News Daily
Jan 2015
Egomotion Raises $250k To Automatically Tell Your
Friends Where You Are, Whether Or Not You’re Driving,
TechCrunch
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People
Investments
[Minicorn] Amino Apps (2011, New York City, $72.4M, Series C)
Online communities enabler
Mobile App Studios Notable Portfolio
[Unicorn] Twitter (2006, San Francisco, $755M, Public)
Social networking platform for real-time updates
[Unicorn] Zynga (2007, San Francisco, $707M, Public)
Casual games developer and publisher for mobile and web platforms
[Unicorn] Stripe (2010, San Francisco, $511M, Series D)
Web & Mobile Payments for Developers
[Unicorn] Coinbase (2012, San Francisco, $442M, Series E)
Digital currency exchange & wallet provider
[Unicorn] Funding Circle (2010, London, $373M, Series F)
P2P lending marketplace for small businesses
[Unicorn] MongoDB (2007, New York City, $311M, Public)
NoSQL database
[Unicorn] Twilio (2007, San Francisco, $240M, Public)
Cloud Communications API provider
[Unicorn] CloudFlare (2009, San Francisco, $182M, Series D)
DDoS prevention, cloud application acceleration, and CDN
[Unicorn] Lending Club (2006, San Francisco, $162M, Public)
P2P online lending marketplace
[Unicorn] Kik (2009, Toronto, $121M, Series D)
Mobile messaging app with in-built browser
[Soonicorn] SoundCloud (2007, Berlin, $363M, Series F)
Ad-supported music streaming open platform
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
Brad Burnham
Co-Founder &
Managing Partner
Fred Wilson
Co-Founder &
Managing Partner
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Jun 2018
Amino raises $45M to bring fan communities to
smartphones, TechCrunch
Dec 2016 Amino Apps Grabs $19.2M Series B Round, VC News Daily
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People
Investments
[Minicorn] Amino Apps (2011, New York City, $72.4M, Series C)
Online communities enabler
Mobile App Studios Notable Portfolio
[Unicorn] Oscar (2012, New York City, $893M, Series B)
Internet-first health insurance provider
[Unicorn] Stripe (2010, San Francisco, $511M, Series D)
Web & Mobile Payments for Developers
[Unicorn] Warby Parker (2010, New York City, $300M, Series E)
Internet-first brand of eyewear
[Unicorn] Blue Apron (2012, New York City, $194M, Public)
Weekly subscription based meal kits delivery
[Soonicorn] Dataminr (2009, New York City, $400M, Series E)
Social media analytics
[Soonicorn] Flexport (2013, San Francisco, $304M, Series C)
Online freight forwarder
[Soonicorn] ClassPass (2011, New York City, $222M, Series C)
Membership programs for fitness classes across multiple gyms
[Soonicorn] Boxed (2013, New York City, $134M, Series C)
Discounted Bulk-sized Products
[Soonicorn] Handy (2012, New York City, $112M, Series C)
Web and mobile-based marketplace for availing home maintenance
services
[Soonicorn] Artsy (2009, New York City, $107M, Series D)
Curated Art Marketplace
[Soonicorn] Spring (2013, New York City, $100M, Series C)
Online retailer of fashion products
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
Adam
Rothenberg
Co-Founder & Partner
David Tisch
Co-Founder &
Managing Partner
Nimi Katragadda
Co-Founder & Partner
Greg Rosen
Co-Founder & Partner
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Jun 2018
Amino raises $45M to bring fan communities to
smartphones, TechCrunch
Dec 2016 Amino Apps Grabs $19.2M Series B Round, VC News Daily
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Seedcamp
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Matrix Partners India
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Goodwater Capital
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Octopus Ventures
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Other Notable Investors
Debt Investors
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Index of Ecosystem Investors
INCUBATOR
Techstars (2 Investments)
Flux Accelerator
OTHER NOTABLE INVESTORS
Amplify
ARC Angel Fund NYC
Axel Springer SE
Bauer Media
DeNA
Dream Incubator
Endeavor
ENISA
ESADE
Exceed Capital
Finep
Digital Garage
Hearst
IESE Business School
KDDI
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People
Investments
[Minicorn] Amino Apps (2011, New York City, $72.4M, Series C)
Online communities enabler
Mobile App Studios Notable Portfolio
[Unicorn] Uber (2009, San Francisco, $22.5B, Series G)
Mobile app that connects passengers with vehicle drivers for hire
[Unicorn] Twilio (2007, San Francisco, $240M, Public)
Cloud Communications API provider
[Soonicorn] Remitly (2011, Seattle, $227M, Series D)
Cross-border money transfer using banking networks.
[Soonicorn] ClassPass (2011, New York City, $222M, Series C)
Membership programs for fitness classes across multiple gyms
[Soonicorn] Leanplum (2012, San Francisco, $145M, Series D)
Mobile A/B testing, personalization & analytics platform
[Soonicorn] DataRobot (2012, Boston, $125M, Series C)
Automated machine learning platform for data science applications
[Soonicorn] Outreach (2013, Seattle, $125M, Series D)
SaaS based Lead Engagement Tools
[Soonicorn] DigitalOcean (2011, New York City, $124M, Series
B)
Cloud computing platform to build, deploy and scale cloud applications
[Soonicorn] Sphero (2010, Boulder, $108M, Series D)
Smartphone controlled robotic gaming toy for kids
[Soonicorn] Placester (2008, Cambridge, $101M, Series D)
Real Estate Marketing platform
[Soonicorn] Degreed (2012, San Francisco, $85.6M, Series C)
e-Portfolio assessment
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
Brad Feld
Co-Founder
David Brown
Co-Founder and co-
CEO
David Cohen
Founder and co-CEO
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Jun 2018
Amino raises $45M to bring fan communities to
smartphones, TechCrunch
Dec 2016 Amino Apps Grabs $19.2M Series B Round, VC News Daily
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People
Investments
[Minicorn] Cuebiq (2016, New York City, $36.3M, Series B)
Business intelligence company based on machine learning
[Minicorn] Sidecar (2007, Philadelphia, $16.3M, Series C)
Programmatic Marketing for eCommerce
[Minicorn] BeneStream (2011, New York City, $9M, Series A)
Medicaid migration platform
[Editor's Pick] Bow & Drape (2012, Boston, $4.1M, Series A)
Internet-first brand of custom clothing
Other Notable Portfolio
Top Exits
Recent News on Fund & Portfolio
David
Freschman
Founder
Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Aug 2015
AOL Acquires Photo And Messaging Startup Kanvas Labs,
TechCrunch
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Geographical Spread Stage of Entry
Oct 2016
Google Play Music teams up with Runtastic to offer new
workout playlists, free trials, TechCrunch
Jul 2016
Austria: The up-and-coming early-stage investment
capital of Europe, TechCrunch
May 2016
Adidas is insisting Thais show up in full Adidas gear to
buy its new NMD sneakers, Mashable
Runtastic
(2009, Pasching, $188k)
Acq by adidas Group - Aug 2015
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Jun 2018 Vivo launches fibre broadband and TV in Divinopolis, Telecompaper
Jun 2018
MySQUAR says Singapore money transfer tests go well, Proactive
Investors
Jun 2018 Cheetah Mobile Announces Management Change, PR Newswire
Jun 2018
Cheetah's New App Lets Crypto Investors Track Portfolios on the
Go, CoinDesk
Jun 2018
MySQUAR raises £2mln to fund acquisition of mobile payments
systems group MyPay Myanmar, Proactive Investors
Jun 2018
Vivo and Claro win government contract for telephony services,
Telecompaper
Jun 2018
APUS bets big on India’s burgeoning gaming industry with its LIVE
quiz mobile game “Go Millionaire”, Core Sector Communique
Jun 2018
Vivo Taps Netcracker’s BSS to Drive B2B Transformation,
TELECOMDRIVE
Jun 2018
China’s Vivo unveils US$800 notch-free phone with a pop-up
camera solution, South China Morning Post
Jun 2018
Amino raises $45M to bring fan communities to smartphones,
TechCrunch
Jun 2018
Nyansa Introduces Voyance WAN and Voyance Client Agent,
APMdigest
Jun 2018
MySQUAR Nets GBP250,000 After Bond Conversion Notice
(ALLISS), London South East
Key Recent News Key Recent News
Jun 2018
MySQUAR Gets Notice To Convert GBP350,000 Of Convertible
Bonds (ALLISS), London South East
Jun 2018
TouchPal Is Unveiling The 1st AR Emoji Feature In A Keyboard App,
ValueWalk
May 2018
Carrot, a weather app with personality, is coming to Android, The
Verge
May 2018
Latin America’s Movile is quietly building a mobile empire, Tech
News Universe
May 2018 Email client Spark becomes collaborative, TechCrunch
Apr 2018
XTD’s technology subsidiary teams with IBM for smart cities digital
solutions, Tech Capital
Mar 2018
Tokyo-Based Dream Incubator Leads Funding Round In E-Pharma
Myra, Franchise India
Jan 2018
Cheetah Mobile Off To Fast Start After Adding 58.com Founder To
Board, Investor's Business Daily
Jan 2018
Northsight Capital Closes Acquisition of Crush Mobile App,
GlobeNewswire
Jan 2018 Vivo partners with Twitter, Telecompaper
Jan 2018
World’s first in-display fingerprint scanning smartphone by Vivo
revealed at CES 2018, TechGenYZ
Jan 2018
MySQUAR Responds To Reports Of Discussions With China's
Tencent, Morningstar
Jan 2018
Movile Invests Us$9m In Colombian Grocery Startup Mercadoni,
LAVCA
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Dec 2017
Cheetah Mobile Announces Changes to the Board of Directors, PR
Newswire
Dec 2017
CMCM ALERT: Rosen Law Firm Reminds Cheetah Mobile Inc.
Investors of Important Deadline in First Filed Class Action – CMCM,
GlobeNewswire
Dec 2017 Ustwo names new global CEO, GamesIndustry
Dec 2017
The London gaming studio behind 'Monument Valley' has hired a
global CEO, Business Insider
Dec 2017
Carsten Wierwille Named CEO of ustwo Studios, the World's
Leading Independent Digital Product and Service Studio, PR
Newswire
Dec 2017
Cheetah Mobile Collaborates with Microsoft on AI Services, PR
Newswire
Dec 2017
MySQUAR finalises deal to distribute games in 30 markets, Digital
Look
Dec 2017
Cheetah Mobile launches new short video app in India, CyberMedia
India Online
Dec 2017
Naspers, Innova Capital invest $82 million more for Movile's iFood
delivery business, TechCrunch
Dec 2017
Rosen Law Firm Announces Filing of Securities Class Action Lawsuit
Against Cheetah Mobile Inc., 4-Traders
Dec 2017
mediasmart Extends Multi-Format Inventory through Cheetah
Mobile Deal, Ad Tech Daily
Nov 2017 MySQUAR sees revenues jump in busy year Share , Proactive Investors
Key Recent News Key Recent News
Nov 2017 Cheetah Mobile Launches PhotoGrid Lite in India, PR Newswire
Nov 2017
Gul Panag-cofounded health and fitness startup MobieFit raises
$1.35 M, FundingSMEs
Nov 2017 MySQUAR reaches 20 million user milestone, Digital Look
Nov 2017
Cheetah Mobile Announces Third Quarter 2017 Unaudited
Consolidated Financial Results, PR Newswire
Nov 2017
Kids coding education platform Codemao secures USD 18M to
create programming language, & more, AllTechAsia
Nov 2017 MySQUAR launches sequel to popular fishing game, Digital Look
Nov 2017
Gainey McKenna & Egleston Announces A Class Action Lawsuit Has
Been Filed Against Cheetah Mobile Inc. (CMCM) , GlobeNewswire
Nov 2017 Vivo inaugurates store in Rio's Barra Shopping Mall, Telecompaper
Nov 2017
Cheetah Mobile Inc says Live.me Inc entered definitive agreement to
raise $50 mln from Bytedance Ltd, Reuters
Nov 2017 Vivo surpasses 2,000 cities with 4G coverage, Telecompaper
Oct 2017
Cheetah Mobile's Security Master Receives Perfect Score in Latest
AV-TEST Evaluation, PR Newswire
Oct 2017
Security Master Wins Red Dot Design Award for Outstanding
Interface and User Experience, PR Newswire
Oct 2017 Cheetah Mobile rolls out Artificial Intelligence in its apps, bgr.in
Oct 2017
Edison Software Acquires Return Path’s Consumer Insights
Business, Business Wire
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Feed Summary
Investment Trend
Key Markets
Exit Outlook
Investors
News
Appendix
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Index of Top companies by Market
Funded Deadpooled Companies
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Mobile App Distribution
May 2018
Wedding Tech
May 2018
Online Gifting
May 2018
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Companies
Companies Covered
Unicorns
Public Companies
Acquired Companies
Funded Companies
Investment Trends
Recent Investments
Mega Investments
Investment Trend
Markets
BlueBox
Taxonomy
News
Key News
Recent News
Company Stage
Angel Funded
Seed Funded
Early Stage (Series A/B)
Late Stage (Series C+)
Acqui-hires
DeadPooled
Investors Acquirers
Unicorn Investors
Most Active Investors
Most Active VC &PE Investors
Portfolio of Top Investor
Most Active Acquirer
Mobile App Studios > Appendix > Explore Sector on Tracxn Platform
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Index of IPOs, Acquisitions, Unicorns, Soonicorns, Minicorns and Editor Picks in Mobile App Studios
Index of Top companies by Market (1/5)
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Mobile App Studios > Appendix > Index of Top companies by Market
Horizontal
Horizontal
MySQUAR (2013, Yangon, $3.2M)
Social chat app
IPO Date Jul 2015 Mcap -
IPO Mcap $29M
LON MYSQ P/E -
Jamba (2000, Berlin)
Developer of mobile apps in multiple fields
Stage: Acquired
Summit Partners
Utilities
System Managers
OpenSignal (2010, Laguna Hills, $14.4M)
Develops apps related to network connection and
wireless signal coverage
Minicorn. Stage: Series B
Octopus Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, O'Reilly
AlphaTech Ventures and 1 Other Investors
Personal Productivity
Jorte (2000, Tokyo)
Cross-platform calendar, organizer and notes app
Editor's Pick. Stage: Seed
KDDI, JAFCO
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Index of Top companies by Market (2/5)
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Mobile App Studios > Appendix > Index of Top companies by Market
Photo & Video
Photo & Video
GhostBird Software (2008, Toronto)
Mobile app studio focused on photography apps
Editor's Pick. Stage: Acquired
JP Brothers (2012, Seoul)
Developer of mobile camera apps
Editor's Pick. Stage: Unfunded
Editing
Lolo (2017, Singapore)
Mobile app studio focused on photography apps
Editor's Pick. Stage: Unfunded
Lyrebird Studio (2011, Istanbul)
Mobile app studio focused on photo editing apps
Editor's Pick. Stage: Unfunded
Health & Fitness
Health & Fitness
Mobiefit (2014, Panaji, $3.1M)
Fitness related mobile apps developer
Editor's Pick. Stage: Seed
Nava Bharat, Medi Assist India
Runtastic (2009, Pasching, $188k)
Fitness and health tracking apps
Editor's Pick. Stage: Acquired
Axel Springer SE, I5invest Beratungs
Ipnos (2009, Montreal)
Mobile app studio developing health & wellness
apps
Editor's Pick. Stage: Unfunded
Urbanoid (2010, Prague)
Mobile app studio developing apps to assist users
with sleep
Editor's Pick. Stage: Unfunded
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Index of Top companies by Market (3/5)
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Media & Entertainment
Music
Mibblio (2012, New York City)
Mobile app studio developing music & video editing
apps
Editor's Pick. Stage: Unfunded
Education
Edutainment
App Family (2011, Hoganas)
Educational games developer for kids
Editor's Pick. Stage: Unfunded
IdeonTeam (2011, Bucharest)
Developer of educational apps
Editor's Pick. Stage: Unfunded
Vyaap Technologies (2013, Ahmedabad)
Mobile app studio developing edutainment apps
Editor's Pick. Stage: Unfunded
Translation
Holfeld (2009, Dresden)
Developer of Language Apps for Travelers
Editor's Pick. Stage: Unfunded
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Index of Top companies by Market (4/5)
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Social Platforms
Social Platforms
Crush Mobile (2014, New York City)
App studio focused on dating apps
Editor's Pick. Stage: Acquired
Local community
Amino Apps (2011, New York City, $72.4M)
Online communities enabler
Minicorn. Stage: Series C
GV, Venrock, Union Square Ventures and 12 Other
Investors
Events
Seed Labs (2009, Austin)
Mobile app developer focused on events
Editor's Pick. Stage: Acquired
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Content
Content
Apps Foundry (2010, Jakarta, $3.5M)
Develops application for consumers and
enterprises
Minicorn. Stage: Series B
Kompas Gramedia, Gobi Partners, Mitsui Global and
1 Other Investors
Safety
Safety
Call Ambulance (2012, Hyderabad)
Emergency response solution provider
Editor's Pick. Stage: Funded
JioGenNext
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Mobile App Studios > Appendix > Funded Deadpooled Companies
View all 103 Deadpooled companies on Tracxn Platform
Funding Company Location
$8M Frengo San Mateo
$1.1M Byook Valenciennes
$1M DEXETRA Bangalore
$500k Offline Brooklyn
$50k GreenGar Los Angeles
$42.5k Corso12 Roncade
$15k Saltlick Labs Austin
Elepath San Francisco
Voice on the Go Markham
Ensight Media Gangnam
Index of Deadpooled companies in Mobile App Studios
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