Private Equity Funded Apps Startups
Private equity rounds in the apps category appear across an unusually wide geographic spread in this dataset — Missoula (onxMaps), Durham (Atom Bank), Bogo…
Private equity rounds in the apps category appear across an unusually wide geographic spread in this dataset — Missoula (onxMaps), Durham (Atom Bank), Bogotá (Tul), Bologna (Musixmatch), and Stellenbosch (Entersekt) among the eighteen entries. Most of the activity visible here is concentrated in 2021–2022, with onxMaps closing a round on November 9, 2025 as the lone recent outlier. Disclosed round sizes range from $100K — appearing at Mortgage Coach, Entersekt, and SureCloud — up to $102M at Atom Bank, making it the largest in this set. Six rounds carry undisclosed terms, including BetterCloud (New York), Seesaw (San Francisco), and Studio Designer (Los Angeles). Sub-verticals represented include fintech, consumer marketplaces, gaming, B2B SaaS, and edtech, reflecting the breadth private equity is targeting within the broader apps category.
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What is the largest disclosed private equity round among these companies?
Atom Bank, headquartered in Durham, UK, raised $102M in February 2022 — the largest disclosed amount in this set. Tul (Bogotá, Colombia) and Shiro Games (Bordeaux, France) follow at $50M and $49M respectively.
How many of these rounds have undisclosed deal sizes?
Six of the eighteen rounds carry undisclosed terms: onxMaps (Missoula), StudentBody.care (Idaho Falls), Studio Designer (Los Angeles), Musixmatch (Bologna), BetterCloud (New York), and Seesaw (San Francisco).
Which countries appear most frequently in this dataset?
The United States accounts for six companies, spread across Montana, Idaho, California, and New York. The United Kingdom appears three times — Atom Bank (Durham), P2i (Abingdon), and SureCloud (Mayfair). France and Italy each contribute two companies.
What sub-verticals within apps are private equity investors backing?
Fintech is the most visible cluster, with Atom Bank, Budget Insight, Celcoin, Entersekt, Findity, and Mortgage Coach all fitting that profile. Other represented areas include gaming (Shiro Games), consumer marketplaces (Carousell, Tul), B2B SaaS (BetterCloud, SureCloud), and edtech (Seesaw, StudentBody.care).
What is the most recent round in this dataset, and how does it compare to the rest by timing?
onxMaps (Missoula, Montana) closed a private equity round on November 9, 2025, with terms undisclosed. The remaining seventeen rounds fall between August 2021 and October 2022, making onxMaps a distinct outlier by date.
Which emerging markets outside North America and Europe appear in this dataset?
Celcoin (Barueri, Brazil), Tul (Bogotá, Colombia), Entersekt (Stellenbosch, South Africa), and Carousell (Singapore) represent activity in Latin America, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. Tul's $50M round is the largest disclosed amount among these four.
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