Top 9 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity funding rounds in Legal industry over the recent years

Intro

The top 9 investors according to the total amount of funding rounds. These are VC funds and corporate investors in Western Europe that have invested in Private Equity stage over the last 5 years. They are actively investing in Legal industry.
Legal deals with law and provides law-related services. It includes compliance, blockchain, intellectual property, e-signature, and legal tech.

Amount of funding rounds in Western Europe is 12, which is 37.5% of the total amount of Private Equity rounds in the Legal industry over the last 5 years.

Top 9 investors in Western Europe that took part in the most Private Equity 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 Luxembourg, France and Belgium. The most common city is London which is home to 6 funds. There are also funds from Paris, Luxembourg and Antwerpen. VCs tend to invest in startups from The United Kingdom, but also invest in startups from The United States, China, and Belgium. For 4 funds in the sample, the country of the funds’ establishment and the country of their most frequent investments coincide.
• Important Years – The oldest fund in the sample was founded in 1961 and the newest one in 2008. In 1981 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, 2017 was the year with the most amount of deals.
• Investments – Usually VCs take part in 2 funding rounds per year, sometimes in 7 – 12. The minimum number of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 7, the maximum is 159. Average number of funding rounds is 44.9 while median is 19.0. The most common amount of funding rounds for VCs in the sample is 19. Minimum amount of lead investments for funds is 0 and maximum is 69. Average amount of lead investments is 19.2 while median is 12.0. Index of difference in percentage points of lead investments from the average is between -44.68 and 29.0 for funds in the sample. The average value for this difference is -15.03 and the median is -13.86. It means that these funds act as lead investors less often than other funds.
• Typical Rounds – VCs usually participate in rounds with 1 – 2 investors. Less often in rounds with 6 – 7 investors. The most common round size for VCs in the sample is less than 100 thousands. Less common range is 50 – 100 million. A Funds’ average multiplicator for portfolio companies at the last known valuation is 0.0 at minimum and 2100000000.0 at maximum. Average value for this multiplicator is 284200000.12 and median is 0.32. The most common multiplicator value is 0.0.