Who invested in LegalZoom

4 rounds we have observed, with the 7 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Professional ServicesLegaltech

Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026

$766Mraised across 4 rounds since 2007, from 4 sources

$66MSeries B$200MSecondary$500MRound

Latest round: Round, $500MJul 2018
Step-upi: 2.5×
Investors: 7

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The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

200720092011201320152017

?Venture$66MSeries B$200MSecondary$500MRound

First round: Venture
Biggest round: $500M
Usual gap between rounds: 4.3 years

The rounds

Jul 2018
Round$500M3 new
- Francisco Partners
- GPI Capital/ Franklin Templeton
- Neuberger Berman
Reported by FinSMEs
Jan 2014
Secondary$200M1 new
- Permira
From a historical funding record
Jul 2011
Series B$66M2 new
- Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
- IVP
From a historical funding record
Mar 2007
VentureAmount undisclosed1 new
- Polaris Partners
From a historical funding record

Founders and team

From LegalZoom's own website: 7 on the team.

Jeff StibelChief Executive Officer
Aaron StibelChief Business & Customer Officer
Daniel LysaughtChief Marketing Officer
Kathy TsitovichChief Corporate Development & Partnerships Officer
Nicole MillerChief Legal Officer
Noel WatsonChief Financial & Operating Officer
Sheily Chhabria PanchalChief People Officer

Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

Venture2007Series B2011Secondary2014Round2018

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Polaris Partners

IVP

Francisco Partners

PermiraGPI Capital/ Franklin TempletonNeuberger Berman

Everyone who backed them

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & ByersVC firm1round

Polaris PartnersVC firm1round

IVPVC firm1round

Francisco PartnersPrivate equity1round

PermiraPrivate equity1round

GPI Capital/ Franklin Templetonno record of our own yet1round

Neuberger Bermanno record of our own yet1round

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Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list LegalZoom as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.