Top 20 investors 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 that have invested in Seed stage over the last 4 years. They are actively investing in Legal industry.

Amount of money raised in Seed funding rounds is $1.9B, which is 12.5% of the total amount of money raised in the Legal industry over the last 4 years.

Top 20 investors 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 region for top VCs is North America which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from Eastern Asia and Western Europe. The most common country among top VCs is The United States which hosts 12 funds. There are also funds from China, South Korea and Malta. The most common city is San Francisco which is home to 4 funds. There are also funds from Palo Alto, New York and Hong Kong Island. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United States, but also invest in startups from China, Panama, and Japan. 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 Legal, Telecommunications and Social.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1973 and the newest one in 2018. In 2017 the most amount of funds were founded. VCs in the sample made the most deals in the period from 2012 to 2020. For some funds, 2018 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 – 6 and in 7 – 12 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 13 – 24 and in 24. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 3, the maximum is 1039. Average number of funding rounds is 108.6 while median is 28.5. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 159. Average amount of lead investments is 22.2 while median is 5.0. The most common amount of lead investments is 2. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -37.67 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is 6.39 and the median is 10.82. It means that these funds act as lead investors more often than other funds. The most common value is 10.82.
• Typical Rounds – Funding rounds with these VCs have 5 – 6, 4 – 5 or 7 – 8 investors more often than 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common ranges are 5 – 10 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 2.98 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 0.33 and median is 0.18. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.