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