Mobile content, services and hardware companies raised more than $11.9bn in disclosed funding in Q4 2014, in addition to 76 mobile-related M&A deals. Year-over-year growth for Q4 reached 185% in disclosed funding value.

Highlights:

• 2014 in review
• Companies go on mobile-first acquisition spree
• Food and restaurant services go global with acquisitions
• Payments and Hardware funding see increase
• Q4 2014 Top funding deals
• South Korea joins startup community
• Emerging commerce service take off

In this report:

• M&A deals
• Funding deals
• Spotlight on food and restaurant services
• Quarterly funding by category and country
• Overall annual funding and M&A activity
• Operator-led investments

List of tables and charts:

• 2013-2014 Total number of M&A deals by category
• 2013-2014 Total funding amounts by category
• Mobile M&A historical deals volume
• M&A deals per category, Q4 2014
• Food and restaurant services select deals
• Mobile funding historical
• Mobile funding historical – quarterly total values ($m)
• Average funding amount by round series YoY comparison ($m), Q4 2014
• Funding by category (%), Q4 2014
• Funding by category, Q4 2014
• Q4 2014 Top funding deals
• Operator investments
• Q4 2014: Top funding amounts by country (%)
• Q4 2014: Top number of deals by country
• Emerging commerce-related funding deals

Number of pages: 14

Number of charts and tables: 15