Mobile VC Funding Hits $600M in November
Mobile photo apps are still pulling in the big bucks in Rutberg & Co's survey of November mobile venture capital funding.
Private mobile-focused companies raised $600 million in 121 venture capital deals, according to Rutberg & Co. Firms raised $905 million in 122 venture capital deals in October (See Softbank's Supercell Buy Tops Mobile M&A and Mobile Startups Grab $555M VC in September.)
So far in 2013, private companies in mobile have raised $7.7 billion in 1,063 deals. Here are the biggest investments in November:
Table 1: Top 6 Mobile VC Fundings in November
| Startup | Latest funding | Location | Developing | Backers |
| Mobli | $60M | New York City | Mobile photo and video app | America Movil, Lance Armstrong, Tobey Maguire, Serena Williams |
| Kingsoft Office Software | $50M | Palo Alto, Calif. | Mobile productivity app suite | GGV Capital, Morningside Group, Shunwei China Internet Fund |
| Zomato Media | $37M | Gurgaon, India | Mobile restaurant discovery app | Sequoia Capital; Info Edge |
| Hightail (formerly Yousendit) | $34M | Campbell, Calif. | Mobile file-sharing app | Western Digital Capital; Accolade Partners, Adams Street Partners, Alloy Ventures, Emergence Capital Partners, Sevin Rosen Funds, Sigma Partners |
| Sungy Mobile | $20M | Guangzhou, China | Android apps & launchers | Kingsoft, Qihoo360 |
| TinyCo | $20M | San Francisco, Calif. | Mobile games | Pinnacle Ventures; Andreessen Horowitz |
| Source: Rutberg & Co. | ||||
Rutberg reports that investment trends last month include the connected home, mobile CRM, retail analytics, and connected clothing.
— Dan Jones, Mobile Editor, Light Reading
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