Venture Capital in Germany - Taylor Wessing was involved in 10 of the 20 largest financing rounds in 2021

With an investment volume of more than EUR 17.3 billion, 2021 was a record year for the venture capital scene in Germany. Compared to the previous year, the investment volume more than tripled.

Among other transactions, the successful German venture capital group of the international law firm Taylor Wessing was involved in 10 of the 20 largest financing rounds in Germany by investment volume in 2021.

Advice by Taylor Wessing's German venture capital group in 2021 included in particular the following (published) transactions:

• Accel, Founders Funds, Creandum and Project A on Series C financing round of Trade Republic (approx. USD 900 million);
• Flink on Series A and Series B financing rounds (approx. USD 240 million and approx. USD 750 million);
• OMERS Ventures in Series C financing round of Wefox (approx. USD 650 million);
• Confidential investor in Series G financing round of FlixMobility (approx. USD 650 million);
• Accel, Lightspeed and Index Ventures on Series D and Series E financing rounds of Personio (approx. USD 125 million and approx. USD 270 million);
• Intel Capital on Series D financing round of Volocopter (approx. USD 240 million);
• sennder in Series D financing round and its expansion (approx. USD 160 million and approx. USD 80 million);
• Chrono24 in Series C financing round (approx. USD 120 million).

Members of the venture capital group of Taylor Wessing Germany: Lead Dr. Jens Wolf (Partner, Hamburg/Berlin), Maria Weiers (Partner, Duesseldorf), Dr. Philip Cavaillès (Partner, Munich), Dr. Peter Hellich (Partner, Munich), Dr. Norman Röchert (Partner, Berlin), Dr. Gregor Schmid (Partner, Berlin), Hassan Sohbi (Partner, Frankfurt), Dr. Sonja Leutnant (Salary Partner, Duesseldorf), Dr. Daniel Schrembs (Salary Partner, Munich), Dr. Niclas von Woedtke (Salary Partner, Hamburg), Philipp Hoegl (Senior Associate, Hamburg), Dr. Marcel Leines (Senior Associate, Duesseldorf), Felipe Villena (Senior Associate, Frankfurt), Alicia Müller (Associate, Munich), Nora Safa (Associate, Munich), Fritz Krings (Associate, Munich), Moritz Meyer-Bruhns (Associate, Berlin), dr. iur. (PPKE) László Molnár (Associate, Hamburg), Till Schwichtenberg (Associate, Munich), Philipp Seimel (Associate, Frankfurt)