Analyzing Mobile Startups Worldwide

Recently Founded

(see 2012 activity)

FiteoApp
Founded
09/12

CardGloo
Founded
09/12

Jooist
Founded
08/12

SparkPage
Founded
08/12

Help Me!
Founded
08/12

Received Angel Funding

(see 2012 activity)

Greenstack
Angel Funded
09/12

Open Garden
Angel Funded
09/12

Boomset
Angel Funded
08/12

+n (PlusN)
Angel Funded
08/12

QiuQiu App
Angel Funded
08/12

Received VC Funding

(see 2012 activity)

Localytics
Series B
09/12

Snap MyLife Inc
VC Round
09/12

Pirq
VC Round
09/12

Sand 9
Series C
09/12

Gyft
VC Round
09/12

Recently Acquired

(see 2012 activity)

Key Ring
Acquired
09/12

Venmo
Acquired
08/12

Vortex Connect Inc.
Acquired
08/12

Boxcar
Acquired
07/12

Trestle
Acquired
07/12

Ranking	City	Startups Founded	Angel Funded	VC Funded	Exits
1	San Francisco (USA)	10	10	19	5
2	New York (USA)	12	12	3	6
3	London (GBR)	9	5	5	1
4	Palo Alto (USA)	5	1	10	1
5	Los Angeles (USA)	7	5	-	-
6	Austin (USA)	4	3	4	-
7	Cambridge (USA)	2	4	4	1
8	Boston (USA)	1	1	6	2
9	Mountain View (USA)	2	3	2	1
10	Amsterdam (NLD)	4	2	1	1

Activity Year	Founded	Angel	VC	Exits
2011	654	242	193	51
2010	587	160	197	42
2009	444	91	163	34
2008	324	67	187	11
2007	269	65	149	6
2006	176	19	137	6
2005	145	13	93	1
2004	93	4	18
2003	73	4	10
2002	60		5

Founded Year	Founded	Angel	VC	Exits
2011	654	169	20	3
2010	587	177	61	13
2009	444	98	76	16
2008	324	89	96	17
2007	269	59	96	17
2006	176	32	110	11
2005	145	15	130	20
2004	93	16	106	12
2003	73	9	66	6
2002	60	3	36	8

Angel Funding
Founding Year (left) vs First Angel Round Year (top)

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
2012					27
2011				103	42
2010			68	61	13
2009		35	29	11	5
2008	33	12	10	5	1

VC Funding
Founding Year (left) vs First VC Round Year (top)

	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
2012					3
2011				8	7
2010			11	27	13
2009		9	16	20	6
2008	6	17	16	11	4

Ranking	Investments	Investors
1	15	500 Startups, SV Angel
2	10	Y Combinator
3	8	First Round Capital
4	7	Google Ventures, David G. Cohen
5	6	TechStars, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), Founder Collective, SoftTech VC, Mitch Kapor
6	5	Accel Partners, CrunchFund, ENIAC Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Lerer Ventures, Dave McClure, Gary Vaynerchuk, Keith Rabois
7	4	betaworks, Charles River Ventures, DreamIt Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, LaunchCapital, Quest Venture Partners, True Ventures, Dave Morin, Joshua Schachter, Naval Ravikant, Paige Craig, Paul Buchheit, Tim Draper
8	3	Azione Capital Pte Ltd, Andreessen Horowitz, Baroda Ventures, Baseline Ventures, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeast Pennsylvania, Crosslink Capital, Enterprise Ireland, FF Angel LLC, Harrison Metal Capital, Index Ventures, Kapor Capital, Kima Ventures, Storm Ventures, Venture51, Ashton Kutcher, Chris Sacca, Cyan Banister, David Tisch, James Joaquin, Josh Spear, Karl Jacob, Kevin Rose, Scott Banister, Tan Swee Yeong, Yuri Milner
9	2	AngelPad, Archimedes Labs, NXTP Labs, Samurai Incubate, Tencent, i/o Ventures, Accelerator Ventures, AOL Ventures, Atlas Venture, Atomico, Band of Angels, Bellingham Angel Organization, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Blumberg Capital, Bullpen Capital, Capital Factory, Crosscut Ventures, Discovery Capital, DN Capital, Excel Venture Management, ff Venture Capital, FLOODGATE, Foresight Ventures, Founder's Co-op, Freestyle Capital, Genesis Partners, Greycroft Partners, IA Ventures, LaunchBox Digital, Lowercase Capital, m8 Capital, Matrix Partners, Mayfield Fund, Menlo Ventures, Morado Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Origo Sino-India, Point Nine Capital, PROfounders Capital, Redpoint Ventures, RSG Capital, Seraph Group, Tech Coast Angels, TomorrowVentures, Transmedia Capital, Wellington Partners, Andy Bechtolsheim, Auren Hoffman, Aydin Senkut, Brian McClendon, Chamath Palihapitiya, Chris Yeh, David Sacks, Don Dodge, Dustin Moskovitz, 'Friends & Family', Jarl Mohn, Jason Calacanis, Jeff Fluhr, Jim Pallotta, Joi Ito, Joshua Stylman, Marc Benioff, Mark Cuban, Matt Douglas, Maurice Werdegar, Nicholas Chan, Private Seed, Raj Ramanandi, Reid Hoffman, Richard Wolpert, Ron Conway, Roy Rodenstein, Russ Siegelman, Sam Lessin, Shawn Fanning, Shervin Pishevar, Tom McInerney
10	1	22Hundred Group, Activation Media, AIP Seed Capital, Allegro Venture Partners, Altergaia, Annapurna Ventures, Architel LP, Ballpark Ventures, Bee Partners, Bluefrog Interactive, Bluehawk Capital, Bootup Labs, BoxGroup, BHV, Clifton Cowley Ventures, Codeworks DEV, Confidential, DH Capital, DreamIt Ventures, Eniac Ventures, Etohum, Europeatweb, Excelerate Labs, Farminers.com, Founder Institute, Google, H&R Block, Harrison Metal Capital, i-Free, Imprint Venture Lab, Incutio, Innovation Nest, JAFCO, Jagen, Kansas Technology Enterprise, Kelly Investments, Kima Ventures, Kistefos VC, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, LBR Investments SARL, Lightbank, LiveOps, MentorTech, Modena Group Capital MGMT, National Geographic, National Science Foundation, Negotiae, Newcastle Science City, NTT Corporate, Pai S.r.l., Raven Venture Partners, Rhodium, Seedcamp, Start Engine, StartaCapital, Startupbootcamp, Swisscom, Tadlock Enterprises, TASC, The Washington Post Company, TheNetValue, Think Tank Mobile, Third I Inc., TMT Investments, Trilibis, TwoBuds Holdings, University of Southern California, VaynerMedia, wahwahwhoom, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Winning Choices Holdings, World of Avatar, 4Di Capital, A-Grade Investments, A.M. Holdings, ACE & Company, Adimpetus EIS Fund, Aeris Capital, AIB Seed Capital Fund, Alliance Acquisitions, Alliance of Angels, AlphaLab, Altos Ventures, Ambistia Ventures, Amicus Capital, Amidzad Partners, Amplifier Venture Partners, Angel List, Angel Street Capital, Angel's Lancaster Angel Network, ARC Angel Fund, ATA Ventures, Australian Distributed Incubator, Azione Capital Pte Ltd, Bain Capital Ventures, Ballpark Ventures, Battery Ventures, Bayview Capital, Beacon Angels, Benchmark Capital, Bezos Expeditions, BlueSky Capital, Blume Ventures, BR Ventures, b-to-v Partners AG, CapDecisif, Carnegie Mellon University, Catapult Venture Managers, Cherrystone Angel Group, Cherubic Ventures, Chinaccelerator, Clearstone Venture Partners, Comcast Ventures, Common Angels, CommonAngels, Commonwealth Capital Ventures, Connecticut Innovations, Contour Venture Partners, CorporaciÃ³n Empresarial de Extremadura, Cradle, Creandum, Cyhawk Ventures, Daylight Ventures, Deep Fork Capital, Detroit Venture Partners, Dougery Ventures, Draper Richards, e.ventures, eBuro, Elaia Partners, Endeavor Partners, Entree Capital, Expansion Venture Capital, Extreme Venture Partners, Fayez Sarofim & Co., The FSE Group, Finance Wales, FINEP, FirstMark Capital, Flashpoint Investments LLC, Flybridge Capital Partners, Fortify Ventures, Founders Fund, Foundry Group, Gamma Capital Partners, Georgia Tech Edison Fund, Gold Hill Capital, Golden Venture Partners, Green Pine Capital, Greenwich Capital, eujrmoq, GRP Partners, Hart Ventures, High Peaks Venture Partners, High-Tech Gruenderfonds, Highland Capital Partners, Horizons Ventures , Humanity United, i/o Ventures, i2E, i5invest, Ideosource, IDG Ventures, iHatch Management, Imlay Investments, Initial:Capital, Innovation Endeavors, Innovation Works, Inspiration Ventures, Inventus Capital Partners, Investment Bank of Berlin - VC Fonds, Investment Circle of York, IRDI-ICSO, Jaina Capital, JLA Ventures, K9 Ventures, kbs+ Ventures, Kickstart Seed Fund, Kii Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, LBA Angel Syndicate, Lead Dog Ventures, Learn Capital, Liahona Ventures, Lightbank, Lightspeed Venture Partners, lool ventures, Ludlow Ventures, Madrona Venture Group, Maine Technology Institute, Matrix Partners/Josh Hannah, MCI Management SA, Meakem Becker Venture Capital, Metamorphic Ventures, Mianach Venture Capital, Mumbai Angels, NALA Investments, Nauta Capital, Neu Venture Capital, New Atlantic Ventures, New World Ventures, New York City Investment Fund, North West Fund, Northstar Equity Investors, Northstar Ventures, NYC EDC, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, Octave Ventures, Opus Capital, Orefa Investment, Oregon Angel Fund, Partech International, Passion Capital, Pitango Venture Capital, PKS Capital, Polaris Venture Partners, Portland Seed Fund, Prime Ventures, Proxima mobile, Quotidian Ventures, Real Ventures, reinmkr inc., Richmond Park Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, Rivers Capital Partners, RMR Capital, Romulus Capital, Rose Tech Ventures, RRE Ventures, Seed Capital Fribourg, Sequoia Capital, Shasta Ventures, Siemer Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Silverton Partners, SK Ventures, Slater Technology Fund, Social Leverage, SODICAL, SoftBank Capital, Softbank Ventures, SoLoMoCo, SOSventures, South East Seed Fund, Sparebanken Vest, Stage One Capital, Start Fund, StartUp Chile, Sting Capital, Supper Club, SVASE/Cambridge West Ventures, SVB Capital, Sydney Angels Sidecar Fund, T-Venture, T5 Capital, Target Partners, Tech Wildcatters, TechColumbus, Investment Arm, Technology Strategy Board, TEEC Angel Fund, The Brandery, The Chen Group, The Grosvenor Funds, thetime, Thrive Capital, Tivsco, Trellis Partners, Trestle Ventures, Tri-Star Technology Fund, Triangle Peak Partners, Trinity Ventures, Union Square Ventures , US Venture Partners, Vardhan Group, Vaux les Ventures, Venrock, ventureblue Capital, Vermont Seed Capital Fund, Village Ventures, VIT Technology Business Incubator, Webb Investment Network, Western Investments Capital, Wisconsin Investment Partners, XG Ventures, YFM Venture Finance, Yorkville Advisors, Yuuwa Capital, Zernike Meta Ventures, Zilker Ventures, A. Stringfellow, A. Vietch, Adam Schwartz, Adrian Aoun, Agustin Nuñez, Al Sutton, Alan Braverman, Alan Moore, Alan Webber, Alasdair McPherson, Alex Rainert, Alex Sparkes, Alexis Ohanian, Alfred Lin, Alistair Milne, Allen Miner, Allen Morgan, Andrea Bohmert, Andreas von Blottnitz, Andrew Barlow, Andrew McCollum, Andrew Warner, Andy Liu, Andy Sack, Angel Funding, Angel Syndicate, Angels + Founder, Anish Monga, Antoine Blondeau, Anu Nigam, Ari Emmanuel, Arie Abecassis, Ariel Poler, Ashu Mathura, Babak Nivi, Ben Lewis, Benito Gómez, Beth Ellyn McClendon, Bhrugu Pagne, Bill Hinchey, Bill Lee, Bill Randuchel, Bill Warner, Boyd Faust, Bradley C. Harrison, Brady Brim DeForest, Brian Caulfield, Brian Chesky, Brian Jacobs, Brian Koo, Brian Pokorny, Bryan W. Kerdman, Business Angels, Carl Palmstierna, Carlos Domingo, Carnet Williams, Chad Byers, Chad Stoller, Charles Moldow, Charles Petrucelli, Charlie Oppenheimer, Cheng Wu, Chris Baggott, Chris DeVore, Chris Friedland, Chris Heinz, Chris Hobbs, Chris Kelly, Chris Redlitz, Chris Saridakis, Chrisman Iribe, Christian Lawless, CJ Koomen, Clark Landry, Claudio Chiuchiarelli, Clint Chao, Clive Dickens, Colin Anawaty, Dave Kashen, Dave Pell, David Assia, David Chang, David Ferguson, David Gerster, David Hehman, David King, David Kowalski, David Lee, David Liu, David Long, David Phillips, David S. Chang, David Shen, David Siegel, David Whitney, Debbie Landa, Denis Coleman, Dino Vendetti, Diverse Business Angels, Don Hutchison, Don Katz, Dorothy Price Hill, Vast Ventures, Eduardo Saverin, Eilon Tirosh, Emmett Shear, Eric Di Benedetto, Eric Ly, Eric Taylor, Esther Dyson, Fabio Lalli, Fabio Pezzotti, Fabrice Grinda, Fadi Ghandour, Farhan Yasin, Fernando Sanchez-Teran, Filip Maertens, Five Angels, Floyd Mayweather, Francisco Larrain, Friends and Family, Gabor Cselle, Garrett Camp, Garry Tan, Gary Clayton, Gene Z, Gil Penchina, Gill Holland, Gordon Crawford, Greg Arrese, Greg Peters, Harjeet Taggar, Herb Madan, Hillan Klein, Howard Lindzon, Howard Marks, Howard Topol, Hussein Yahfoufi, Iggy Fanlo, Igor Matsanyuk, international private investors, J A Chowdary, Jack Dorsey, Jacques-Antoine Granjon, James Currier, James Hong, Jarrod Yuster, Jason Downes, Jason Downes, Jawed Karim, Jean-David Blanc, Jeff Clavier, Jeff Fagnan, Jeff Miller, Jeff Pulver, Jeff Shaw, Jeff Solomon, Jennifer Lum, Jim O'Connor, Joanne Wilson, Joe Caruso, Joe Lonsdale, Joe Stump, John Couch, John Keister, John Maloney, Jonah Goodhart, Jules Gardner, Julian Zehetmayr, Jussi Heinilä, Justin Kan, Kamran Pourzanjani, Kaplan trust, Katrina Garnett, Keith Belling, Ken Humphrey, Kevin Wall, Klaus Lovgreen, Krishna Vedati, Krishna Visvanathan, Kristopher B. Jones, Laisvunas Butkus, Lars Albright, Laurene Powell Jobs, Lawrence Fish, Lee Linden, Lee Pickrell, Lee Pickrell, Maneesh Arora, Manu Kumar, Mar Kolitsidas, Marc A. Meyer, Marc Griefahn, Marc Lipsitz, Marc Simoncini, Mark Britto, Mark Goines, Mark Pincus, Mark Stabingas, Mark Wachen, Mark White, Mary Delaney, Masao Tejima, Mat Orrego, Matt Cohler, Matt Ferguson, Matt Ocko, Matt Rockman, Matthew Daimler, Matthew French, Matti Suokko, Miah Lightbody, Michael Arrington, Michael Birch, Michael Chang, Michael Charest, Michael Dearing, Michael French, Michael Greve, Michael Herf, Michael Parekh, Michael Rubin, Mike Edwards, Mike Jones, Mike Walsh, Mitch Kapor, Morten Lund, Nina Sodhi, Nitin J Patel, Nitin Khanna, Oren Michels, Oren Zeev, Owen Van Natta, Pascal Levensohn, Pascal Rossini, Paschal Taggart, Pasha Sadri, Patric Svanberg, Paul Bassat, Paul Graham, Paul Kessler, Payam Zamani, Pete Albert, Peter Hershberg, Peter Mann, Peter Thiel, Philip Kaplan, Philipp Stauffer, Rajan Anandan, Rajeev Motwani, Randall Kaplan, Randy Scott, Reece Duca, Reuven Agassi, Rich Chen, Rich Karlgaard, Richard Brennan, Rick Thompson, Rick Webb, Ã–rjan Johansson, Robb Wilmot, Robert Strazzarino, Rohan Oza, Rowan Gormley, Ruchi Sanghvi, Russ Fradin, Ryan Howard, Saar Gur, Sachin Agarwal, Sam Altman, Sandra Kresch, Scott Belsky, Scott Belsky, Scott Cook, Scott Dorsey, Scott Etzler, Scott McNealy, Sean Fee, Sean Jazayeri, Sean McDade, Sergio Salvatore, Shishir Mehrotra, Simon Collins, Sizhao Yang, Srini Koppolu, Stan Chudnovsky, Stephen Stokols, Steve Anderson, Steve Bennet, Steve Blank, Steve Chen, Steve Ferguson, Steve Gold, Steve Jang, Steven Austine, Steven Walske, Stuart Davidson, Sunil Kalra, Tasso Argyros, Ted Smith, Tessa Cheek, Theo Hoffenberg, Thomas Korte, Thomas Lehrman, Thomas McInerney, Thomas Schulz, Timothy Ferriss, Tim Parsonson, Timothy Biltz, Tom Glocer, Tom Kulzer, Tom Sloan, Tomi T. Ahonen, Tommy Ahlers, Tony Armstrong, Tony Faure, Tony Hsieh, Trent Gegax, Trevor Mauch, Troy Carter, Ty Curry, Ty Danco, Vikas Taneja, Vince Monical, Vince Palasota, Vivi Nevo, Walt Winshall, Walter Kortschak, Willem Van Biljon, William Bao Bean, William Cyr, Wilson Sonsini, Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine, Xavier Niel, Yanki Margalit, Yee Lee, Yossi Vardi, Yuval Shahar, Yuval Tal, Zain Khan

Ranking	Investments	Investors
1	18	Intel Capital
2	16	Sequoia Capital
3	14	Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
4	12	Accel Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), New Enterprise Associates, Redpoint Ventures
5	11	Charles River Ventures
6	9	First Round Capital, Menlo Ventures, North Bridge Venture Partners, Qualcomm Ventures, T-Venture
7	8	Benchmark Capital, Nauta Capital, Venrock
8	7	Andreessen Horowitz, Atlas Venture, BlueRun Ventures, eujrmoq, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Pitango Venture Capital, RRE Ventures, Spark Capital, SV Angel, True Ventures
9	6	BlackBerry Partners Fund, Greycroft Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Motorola Ventures, Shasta Ventures
10	5	Qualcomm, Allegis Capital, BDC Venture Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, CrunchFund, Doll Capital Management, General Catalyst Partners, Ignition Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, InterWest Partners, Jafco Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Oak Investment Partners, Prime Ventures, Storm Ventures, Trinity Ventures, Union Square Ventures

Ranking	Acquisitions	Acquirer
1	7	Google
2	6	Nokia
3	4	Research In Motion
4	3	Groupon, Myriad
5	2	Amazon, Antenna Software, AT&T, BOKU, eBay, Snap MyLife Inc, Facebook, Good Technology, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Sabse Technologies , Teleca, Velti, Zynga
6	1	24MAS, 3Com, Adenyo, ADTRAN, Alcatel-Lucent, Allot Communications, Amdocs, Apollo Matrix, Inc., Appcelerator, Appia, Apple, Appolicious, Arbitron, ATI Technologies, Augme, AuthenTec, Autodesk , Azumio, Big In Japan, Blackboard, Braintree, British Telecom, BroadSoft, BUMP Network, Cellfish, Clear Channel Communications, Codengo, comScore, Constant Contact, Corning, Critical Path, Cvent, DeNA, Digi International, Electronic Arts, Flurry, Gannett, Giga Omni Media, Globant, GreatCall, Green Dot Corporation, Harman International Industries, Herbalife, Hi Media, HootSuite, HTC, IBM, Inner Fence, Integration Associates, Intelligent Communication Enterprise Corporation, Intuit, Keynote Systems, Klout, Kwaga, Lenovo, Limbo, LimeLife, LiveWire Mobile, Location Labs, Logia Group, Marchex, Marketron, McAfee, Meez, Meredith, Millennial Media, Mobui, Monitise, Motorola Mobility, Motorola Solutions, Motricity, Movitas Mobile, n/a, NetMotion Wireless, NextWave Wireless, Nokia Siemens Networks, Novatel Wireless, Nuance Communications, NVidia, O2, Opera , Opera Software, OptimisCorp, Ozura World, Paratek, Phunware, Plum District, PubMatic, Qualcomm Innovation Center, RedPrairie, ReverbNation, Shopify, Shutterfly, Silicon Image, Silicon Laboratories, SingTel, Skype, Smith Micro Software, Smule, Software AG, SoundCloud, Spare Backup, Stratos Global, Synchronica, Synchronoss Technologies, Synclore, Taqua, TeleCommunication Systems, Tellabs, Telogis, Teradyne, Thalia Holding, The Walt Disney Company, Thomson Reuters, TOM Group, Tranzeo Wireless Technologies, Tremor Video, Trilliant, TuneIn, Twitter, Undisclosed, Urban Airship, VeriFone Systems, Verifone, Verizon, Viadeo, Vibes Media, Virgin Mobile USA, Visto, VocalTec Communications, Vodafone, VoIP-Pal, Xora, Inc., Yahoo! Japan, YouSendIt

Analyzing Mobile Startups Worldwide

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