Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of Seed 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 in Seed stage over the last 2 years. They are actively investing in Legal industry.

Amount of money raised in Legal funding rounds is $128.4M, which is 2.5% of the total amount of money raised in Seed rounds in Western Europe over the last 2 years.

Top 20 investors in Western Europe with the biggest sum of 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 7 funds. There are also funds from Germany, Switzerland and Sweden. The most common city is London which is home to 5 funds. There are also funds from Berlin, Stockholm and Potsdam. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from The United States, Germany, and Switzerland. 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, Legal and EdTech.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1993 and the newest one in 2017. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2009 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 7 – 12, 2 or in 13 – 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 1, the maximum is 255. Average number of funding rounds is 46.8 while median is 22.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 22. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 105. Average amount of lead investments is 15.7 while median is 9.5. The most common amount of lead investments is 7. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -47.92 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -5.92 and the median is -11.75. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 3 – 4 investors. Less often in rounds with 2 – 3, 5 – 6 or 1 – 2 investors. VCs in the sample have an average round size of less than 100 thousands or 100 thousands – 1 million, more often than 1 – 5 million or 10 – 50 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 1.91 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.36 and median is 0.16. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.