Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Legal industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 20 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Western Europe that have invested in Seed stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Legal industry.

Amount of Seed funding rounds is 197, which is 47.7% of the total amount of rounds in the Legal industry in Western Europe over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Seed funding rounds in Legal industry over the recent years
data provided by Unicorn Nest

Key takeaways

• Funds Geography – The most common country among top VCs is The United Kingdom which hosts 6 funds. There are also funds from Germany, Spain and Switzerland. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Berlin, Zürich and Madrid. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from Spain, Germany, and The United States. For the majority of the funds, the country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide.
• Industry Focus – The funds’ most common field for investments is Banking. They also invest in Enterprise Software, Autonomous Vehicles and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 2005 and the newest one in 2017. In 2010 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2013 to 2020. For some funds, 2019 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24, 24 or in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 5, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 135.6 while median is 64.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 2 and maximum is 134. Average amount of lead investments is 36.8 while median is 16.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 14. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -54.33 and 22.8 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.25 and the median is -1.19. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 17.46.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 2 – 3 investors. Less often in rounds with 1 – 2, 3 – 4 or 5 – 6 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 100 thousands – 1 million, 1 – 5 million and 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 4.01 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.53 and median is 0.16. The most common multiplicator value is 0.11.