Venture capital

Taylor Wessing

Taylor Wessing impresses with expertise along the entire investment value chain and recently supported financing rounds of unicorn start-ups, most notably advising DeepL on a large-volume financing round. The practice, led by Jens Wolf and Norman Röchert, also focuses on the technology sector, including AI, energy and climatetech, as well as on the life sciences and healthcare sectors. Wolf advises start-ups and investors, primarily technology-oriented companies, on venture capital transactions, including business angel investments and financing rounds, while Röchert also advises on venture capital transactions across the media sector. Philipp Hoegl focuses on the agtech and foodtech industries and joined the partner roster in January 2024.

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Testimonials

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'Hassan Sohbi and his team have built a strong VC investment practice in Germany over the past two decades and continue to bring a strong culture of service to client needs. As a firm, TW seems to be evolving strongly along some key investment themes. For example, they have represented some important AI companies in Germany and have impressively acquired relevant expertise in these areas.'
'Jens Wolf has incredible energy and at the same time a wealth of experience. He fights through even difficult situations with determination in the best interests of his clients.'
'Hassan Sohbi leads by example and is willing to get his hands dirty on the front line, but he also knows when to call in specialists when needed.'
'A really accomplished team whose experience is evident in every situation.'

Key clients

3Spin Learning
Accel
Advastore
Balderton Capital
Bertelsmann
Claret Capital Partners
DeepL
encentive
Eurazeo Global Investor, Aster Energy Ventures, SF Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG und Inven Capital
Faber Capital
Flink
General Catalyst
Google Ventures
Gradient Ventures
Hawk:AI
HHLA Next
Index Ventures
IQ Capital
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Mount Nebo Investments
MPN Networks GmbH (Chrono24)
MULTIVAC Group
OMERS Ventures
One Peak
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board
Patient 21
Protembis
Sennder Technologies
SET Ventures
Sony Ventures
SoSafe
The Exploration Company
ThyssenKrupp
Trill Impact Ventures
Viola Credit
Visionaries Club Growth Fund
Xempus

Work highlights

Advising DeepL on a $300 million financing round, increasing its valuation to over €2 billion.
Advising existing investors Eurazeo Global Investor, Aster Energy Ventures, SF Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG and Inven Capital on a multi-stage Series E financing round of around €500 million for Sunfire GmbH.
Advising General Catalyst as lead investor in a $223 million Series B financing in Helsing.