Legg Mason

Total investments

8

Average round size

33M

Portfolio companies

8

Rounds per year

0.07

Lead investments

3

Exits

6

Stages of investment
Early Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
InternetFinancial ServicesFinanceHealth CareHospitalMedicalMarketplaceMarket ResearchAdvertisingService Industry

Summary

Legg Mason is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1899. The company was established in North America in United States. The main department of described Corporate Investor is located in the Baltimore.

The typical startup value when the investment from Legg Mason is 100-500 millions dollars. The higher amount of exits for fund were in 2011. The real fund results show that this Corporate Investor is 18 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The top activity for fund was in 2007. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund. Opposing the other organizations, this Legg Mason works on 46 percentage points more the average amount of lead investments. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight SERMO, Spot Runner, OANDA Corporation. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Advertising, Trading Platform. The fund has specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the Legg Mason, startups are often financed by Index Ventures, Longworth Venture Partners, Battery Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Bank of America, ayondo Holding AG, Walker Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by MMV Capital Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Kennet Partners.

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
8
Lead investments
3
Exits
6
Rounds per year
0.07
Investments by industry
  • Financial Services (4)
  • Finance (3)
  • Advertising (1)
  • Service Industry (1)
  • Internet (1)
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Investments by region
  • United States (6)
  • Canada (1)
  • China (1)
Peak activity year
2007

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
19
Avg. valuation at time of investment
67M
Group Appearance index
0.88
Avg. company exit year
12
Avg. multiplicator
1.17

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Spot Runner 07 May 2008 Internet, Advertising, Service Industry Late Stage Venture 51M United States, California, Los Angeles

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