Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of funding rounds in Legal industry over the recent years

Intro

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

Amount of money raised in funding rounds in Western Europe is $2.3B, which is 14.8% of the total amount of money raised in the Legal industry over the last 5 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Germany, France and Switzerland. The most common city is London which is home to 7 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Berlin and Vienna. VCs in the sample invest in The United States, The United Kingdom and France more often than they do in Germany. For half 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 Legal, Enterprise Software and Business Development.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1958 and the newest one in 2018. In 2012 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2005 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12, 2 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 482. Average number of funding rounds is 82.4 while median is 37.0. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 134. Average amount of lead investments is 33.2 while median is 21.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -44.33 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -3.42 and the median is -5.27. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds. The most common value is 9.0.
• Typical Rounds – The most common investment stage for funds in the sample is Early stage. Seed, Late and Venture stages are less common. VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 5 – 6 or 4 – 5 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 50 – 100 million, 10 – 50 million and 1 – 5 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 0.68 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.15 and median is 0.08. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.