Best Mobile App Studios Companies in United States
The 144 best Mobile App Studios companies in United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: FiftyThree.
Among the Mobile App Studios companies tracked across the United States, 144 studios have disclosed a combined $71M in equity funding, and the distribution tells you everything about how this sector actually works.
FiftyThree leads the pack at $45M, which is a striking outlier when you stack it against the rest of the field. Mosaic Group sits at $3M, doubleTwist at $8M, Pinnatta at $4M, and most others cluster well below that. So the top name holds roughly 63% of all disclosed capital in the directory. That kind of concentration isn't unusual in app studios, where one breakout product can pull in a serious round while dozens of solid shops stay lean and bootstrapped. I find the $1M tier particularly telling: ClickStream and AI Appstore both sit there, backed by names like Andreessen Horowitz, 500 Global, and Bee Partners, which signals investor interest even at modest check sizes. Hot themes driving coverage right now include flagship pricing strategy, smartphone OS dynamics, and digital banking innovations, which means studios building at the intersection of finance and mobile UX are getting the most attention this quarter. What's the move for a studio without a breakout round yet? Stay close to those themes, because that's where the next funding momentum is forming.
Ranked: Best Mobile App Studios companies in United States
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FiftyThree | $45M | 134 mo ago | Acquired | — | 2011 | — | 41 patents Digital sketching and gesture-driven UI tools with active stylus and image processing | — |
| 2 | doubleTwist Developer of media player applications for music and podcast management | $8M | 206 mo ago | Series B | — | 2007 | ModernizrjQueryMailgun+6 | 2 patents Wireless, device‑agnostic data synchronization across heterogeneous consumer electronics | — |
| 3 | Pinnatta Mobile app studio | $4M | 128 mo ago | Deadpooled | Dimitris Chassapakis ex-Director of Products | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Delvv AI driven smartphone applications | $4M | 133 mo ago | Seed | Raefer Gabriel Founder & CEO | 2013 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Securus Provider of multi-category mobile safety and security applications | $3M | 146 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | Chris Newton President & CEO | 1969 | — | 358 patents Integrated digital services and AI support for secure institutional (controlled‑environment) facilities | — |
| 6 | Mosaic Group Mobile app studio | $3M | 42 mo ago | Funding Raised | — | 2011 | — | 394 patents Advanced fertilizer and potash processing, ammonia synthesis, and mining equipment technologies. | — |
| 7 | Egomotion Corp Developer of multiple productivity and social apps | $2M | 137 mo ago | Deadpooled | Omar Seyal Co-Founder | 2011 | — | — | — |
| 8 | AI Appstore Provider of multi-category mobile utility applications | $1M | 59 mo ago | Seed | Jenn Bonine Founder & CEO | 2019 | — | — | — |
| 9 | ClickStream Provider of multi-category mobile applications | $1M | 129 mo ago | Seed | Frank Magliochetti Founder & CEO | 2005 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Mobile App Studios companies in United States
#1
Funding Raised · New York City, New York · founded 2011 · 167 employees$2.8Mraised▾
Mosaic Group is a mobile app studio. It features the products on its website.
- Dec 2022Conventional Debt$2.8M
#2
Seed · Minneapolis, Minnesota · founded 2019$1.5Mraised▾
Provider of multi-category mobile utility applications
#3
Acquired · New York, New York · founded 2011 · 51 employees$45.1Mraised▾
- Mar 2015Series B$30M
- Jun 2013Series A$15M
- Apr 2012Seed$100K
- Seed—
#4
Deadpooled · Sunnyvale, California · founded 2011$4.4Mraised▾
Pinnatta is a mobile app studio developing interactive messenger apps that let users send personal and interactive greeting cards to their friends and family. Users can browse among ready-to-use content for everyday, seasonal, and special occasions. Also developed gaming and travel guide apps. Some of the company's apps include Pinnatta Cards, Goo Legend, The Bait, Tak A Trip and more. The premium model can also be adopted through subscriptions or in-app purchases.
- Oct 2015Series A$1M
- Dec 2014Series A$1.2M
- Sep 2013Series A$1.5M
- Seed$700K
#5
Seed · Beverly Hills, California · founded 2005 · 2 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Provider of multi-category mobile applications. The company develops an analytics platform for fantasy sports. It also offers a social learning app, a music marketplace, women's and child entertainment, a gaming application, and many more. The apps are available on the Android & iOS platforms.
- Sep 2015Seed$50K
- Feb 2015Seed$137.5K
- Dec 2014Seed$100K
- Sep 2014Seed$30K
#6
Series B · San Francisco, California · founded 2007 · 6 employees$7.5Mraised▾
Developer of media player applications for music and podcast management. The company provides applications for streaming and downloading music from cloud storage. It offers a player for managing local music and podcasts. Support resources are available through help pages.
- Apr 2009Series B$5M
- May 2008Series A$2.5M
#7
Deadpooled · San Francisco, California · founded 2011$2.1Mraised▾
Egomotion is a mobile app studio that first developed a product 'Tagstand', that would trigger events on the phone when they came in contact with NFC tags placed around the home, car, or office. A tag on user's nightstand could silence the phone at bedtime. They sold the NFC technology and company name off to an NFC company in China, and launched an app called 'Trigger'. Trigger allowed users to set-up auto-triggered actions. They then released 'Agent' pre-configured set made up of just Trigger’s most popular tricks. They later launched 'Status' that automatically tells friends about user's activity and if the phone is dead.
- Jan 2015Seed$250K
- Apr 2014Seed$750K
- 2011Angel—
- 2011Seed$1.1M
#8
Seed · Palo Alto, California · founded 2013 · 5 employees$3.5Mraised▾
'Delvv' is a smartphone applications developer. Its applications includes - 'Chatty' keyboard, 'defumblr' smart lock screen, 'glean' news feed, 'bluesk.ai' user interface automation. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Palo Alto. It received a seed funding of $3.5 Million.
- May 2015Seed$3.5M
#9
Acqui-Hired · Cary, North Carolina · founded 1969$3.2Mraised▾
Provider of multi-category mobile safety and security applications
#10
Deadpooled · Los Angeles, California · founded 2008$70Kraised▾
Greengar provides apps for iOS and android with apps ranging from productivity to games. Some of the popular apps are Whiteboard, a collaborative drawing app, Brain Tuner, Flashlight, and Color ID. Greengar apps are among the popular apps on the Apple App Store with the number of downloads surpassed 13 million downloads in Jan 2013. GreenGar graduated from the 500 Startups Spring 2013 batch. Has offices in Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
- May 2013Seed$20K
- Apr 2013Seed$50K
#11
Deadpooled · Fremont, California · founded 2011$40Kraised▾
Developer of multi-category mobile applications
- Apr 2011Seed$40K
#12
Deadpooled · Los Angeles, California—raised▾
Provider of multi-category mobile utility applications
Funding & investor landscape
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Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Mobile App Studios coverage by sub-theme.
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