Top 20 Mobile & Apps Deals for 2012
October 31, 2012 
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| Deal No. | Amount Paid (USD) | Company | Investor/Buyer | Sector | Deal Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $715,000,000 | Mobile & Apps | Acquisition | ||
| 2 | $200,000,000 | Aliyun | Alibaba | Mobile & Apps | Investment |
| 3 | $200,000,000 | Square | Consortium | Mobile & Apps | Investment |
| 4 | $173,000,000 | Clairmail | Monitise | Mobile & Apps | Acquisition |
| 5 | $125,000,000 | LianLian Pay | American Express | Mobile & Apps | Investment |
| 6 | $66,000,000 | LifeStreet Media | Nautic Partners | Mobile & Apps | Investment |
| 7 | $60,000,000 | Socialcam | Autodesk | Mobile & Apps | Acquisition |
| 8 | $59,000,000 | Miyowa | Synchronoss | Mobile & Apps | Acquisition |
| 9 | $50,000,000 | Sequoia Capital | Mobile & Apps | Investment | |
| 10 | $43,000,000 | Loopt | Green Dot | Mobile & Apps | Acquisition |
| 11 | $40,000,000 | DDMap | CID Capital, F&H Fund Management | Mobile & Apps | Investment |
| 12 | $40,000,000 | MobileIron | Institutional Venture Partners | Mobile & Apps | Investment |
| 13 | $40,000,000 | Momo | Undisclosed | Mobile & Apps | Investment |
| 14 | $40,000,000 | Tango | Consortium | Mobile & Apps | Investment |
| 15 | $38,000,000 | Synchronica | Myriad Group | Mobile & Apps | Acquisition |
| 16 | $35,000,000 | BOKU | Consortium | Mobile & Apps | Investment |
| 17 | $31,400,000 | iZettle | Consortium | Mobile & Apps | Investment |
| 18 | $30,000,000 | Viddy | Consortium | Mobile & Apps | Investment |
| 19 | $30,000,000 | Voxer | Institutional Venture Partners, Intel | Mobile & Apps | Investment |
| 20 | $27,500,000 | Jumptap | Consortium | Mobile & Apps | Investment |
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- Facebook’s final Instagram purchase price: $715 million in cash and stock (The Next Web)
- China’s Alibaba to spin off team developing mobile operating system (Reuters)
- Mobile Payment Juggernaut Square Closes $200M Series D From Starbucks, Citi, Rizvi Traverse At $3.25B Valuation (TechCrunch)
- Mobile Banking Consolidation: Monitise Buys Clairmail For $173 Million (TechCrunch)
- AmEx Puts $125M In And Partners With Chinese Mobile Payments Company Lianlian To License Serve (TechCrunch)
- LifeStreet Media Receives $66M Investment from Nautic Partners (FinSMEs)
- Mobile Video Sharing App Socialcam Acquired By Autodesk For $60 Million (TechCrunch)
- Synchronoss Buys Mobile Social Network Maker Miyowa For Up To $59M In Cash (TechCrunch)
- Sequoia Set to Lead $500M Valuation Round for Instagram (AllThingsD)
- Green Dot Completes Loopt Buy (SoCal Tech)
- Focusing on Mobile and Local Discounts, DDMap Bags $40 Million in Funding (Tech In Asia)
- MobileIron Raises $40M in Series E Mezzanine Financing (FinSMEs)
- Chinese meetup app Momo says hello to $40M (Venturebeat)
- Tango Closes $40M Series C Funding (FinSMEs)
- Mobile Messaging Consolidates: Myriad Group Buys Synchronica For $38M (Techcrunch)
- Mobile Payment Startup BOKU Raises A $35M Round. NEA, Telefonica Among The Investors (TechCrunch)
- Focused On Europe, Mobile Payments Startup iZettle Gets $31.4M From Greylock, MasterCard & More(TechCrunch)
- Viddy Confirms $30M Round From NEA, Goldman, Khosla & Battery Ventures (Techcrunch)
- $20 Million Later, Voxer Raises Its First $30M in Venture Capital (Video) (AllThingsD)
- Mobile Ad Network Jumptap Preps For IPO, Picks Up Another $27.5M From Keating, WPP And More While Waiting (TechCrunch)