Orrick Is #1 for European Venture Capital for Q2 2022


August.19.2022

Orrick is the #1 venture capital law firm in Europe, according to Pitchbook's second quarter 2022 report. This is the 26th consecutive quarter that Orrick has dominated the European market. Pitchbook reports that the firm completed over 60 deals in Europe in Q2. The firm also ranked #2 for VC financings in France and in the DACH region, as well as #2 in the Energy sector. Globally, the firm ranked #4 for venture capital, helping raise over $25 billion so far this year, with deals completed in 48 countries across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. Orrick also ranked top 5 globally across combined deal types -- venture capital, M&A and private equity.

In Europe, Orrick advised clients such as:

  • Insurtech startup Alan (France)
  • Endurance events marketplace Let's Do This (UK)
  • Online grocery marketplace Everli (Italy)
  • Digital assets data provider Kaiko (France)
  • Payment solution provider Scalapay (Italy)
  • MicroLED startup Aledia (France)
  • Digital career platform PowerUS (Germany)
  • Fintech company BKN301 (Italy)
  • Banking-as-a-service fintech company Griffin (UK)
  • Open-source content management system Strapi (France)
  • Financial crime risk management company Elucidate (Germany)
  • Conversational AI platform Druid (Romania)
  • Surgical robotics company Ganymed Robotics (France)

Globally, the firm advised clients such as:

  • Aledade
  • Algolia
  • Anthropic
  • Betterment
  • Clipboard Health
  • Contentful
  • Convoy
  • Deel               
  • Dusty Robotics
  • HYCU
  • Industrious
  • Ladder Financial
  • LTSE
  • Perfect Day
  • Sourcegraph
  • Unstoppable Domains

In addition, Orrick regularly acts worldwide for leading investors such as:

  • ABN AMRO
  • Atomico
  • Bessemer Venture Partners
  • Blue Cloud Ventures
  • Coatue
  • Energy Impact Partners
  • Fuse Ventures
  • GIC
  • Goodwater Capital
  • Greycroft Partners
  • K5 Global
  • Kinnevik
  • Marcy Venture Partners
  • M12
  • PayPal
  • Princeville Capital
  • Red Sea Ventures
  • Scale Ventures
  • Smash Capital
  • Sprints Capital
  • Stripes
  • TDK Ventures
  • Valor Equity Partners
  • VEF
  • Vitruvian Partners
  • VNV Global