Tagged: legaltech

Digital Legal Lending Platform LawFi Scores $1.5m in Pre-Seed Funding

LawFi, a mobile-first digital lending and payments platform for the legal profession, has announced raising $1.5 million in its pre-Seed funding round. The round, which will help finance the startup’s expansion, was backed by investment firm Capital Q Ventures and its fund CAPQ BDC. LawFi… Read More

UAE’s Legaltech Clara Acquires BOTH Corporate Services Limited as Part of Business Growth Strategy

UAE-based legaltech Clara announced its acquisition of BOTH Corporate Services Limited (BCS), a provider of corporate services in Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). This deal is a key milestone for Clara as it initiates “an acquisition strategy to expand its customer base and extend its… Read More

Legaltech: LawAdvisor Acquires Backing from Legal Firms via Seed Round

Legal technology firm LawAdvisor Ventures has announced that it secured $5 million of investment across its portfolio of ventures in a seed round “involving some of the legal industry’s most influential thinkers.” The capital injection reportedly “includes investment from Ralph Baxter (former Chairman and CEO… Read More

Legaltech: VC Firm Atomico Leads PocketLaw’s €11M Series A Round

Legaltech company PocketLaw recently confirmed that it has finalized a €10 million Series A round that was led by European venture capital firm, Atomico. Targeting legal services for small and medium-sized firms, PocketLaw’s (software-as-a-service) SaaS platform provides contract creation, legal discovery, execution, storage, and various… Read More

Innovation Hub Fuse Continues to Attract Tech Talent as New Cohort Is Announced

Allen & Overy’s technology innovation hub, Fuse, has launched its sixth cohort with “a record number of technology companies.” This year, Fuse will host 16 businesses headquartered across the U.S. and Europe as it “reopens its physical space in A&O’s London office, which it will… Read More

Legaltech: Clara, the Legal OS for Startups, Acquires Investment from The LegalTech Fund

London-based Clara, a legal OS offering an integrated set of self-service tools to help founders digitally form, manage and scale their startups, has announced that it has secured investment from The LegalTech Fund as the platform “emerges from its beta phase, taking its total seed… Read More

Legal Utopia, an AI enhanced App that Connects Legal Consumers with a Legal Services Network, Secures £154.9K+ from Seedrs

Gavel Court Legal Trial Law rawpixel unsplash

Legal Utopia, a powerful AI-enhanced app with the aim of “connecting legal consumers with a vast network of legal services,” has acquired 77% (£154,906) of its £200,000 target from 50 investors (at the time of writing) through a crowdfunding campaign carried out via Seedrs. With… Read More

Astra Protocol Acquires $9M in Private Sale to Bring Decentralized Compliance to the DeFi Industry

Astra Protocol is pleased to confirm that it has acquired $9 million via its token raise. In addition, various investment groups and individuals have supported the Astra Protocol project, confirming the requirement for decentralized compliance in the DeFi sector. According to Astra, things are progressing… Read More

UK based Legaltech Firm Clara Acquires Strategic Investment from the Dubai International Financial Centre

The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), a special economic zone in Dubai covering 110 ha, established in 2004 and a financial hub for the MENA region as well as South Asia markets, has reportedly invested an undisclosed amount in UK-headquartered Legaltech firm Clara. Clara has… Read More

Digital Legaltech Platform Thirdfort Raises £1.5 Million Through Latest Investment Round

    Thirdfort, a UK-based Legaltech startup, announced on Monday it secured £1.5 million through its latest investment round. The funds come just a little over six months after Thirdford raised £1 million. As previously reported, Thirdfort stated it is enabling solicitors and licensed conveyancers to… Read More

Legaltech: Auctus Legal Accelerator to Help Australian Entrepreneurs Work on Risk Assessment, Compliance Solutions

Allens is reportedly seeking applications for its legal accelerator program, called Auctus, which was introduced on November 2, 2020. The program is being offered through a partnership with Collective Campus, a corporate innovation consultancy, and startup accelerator. The Auctus Legal Accelerator program provides innovators and… Read More

Aaron Swenson from Legaltech Firm Ipro Says Good Software for Lawyers Should Require Minimal Training Time

The Citizens Jury Wheel Legal Court Trial Justice Judge Law

Around two-thirds or 67% of in-house attorneys at fast-growth firms said they were spending too much time doing “low-value” work, according to the results of a survey shared by Artificial Lawyer. Another survey, cited by JD Supra, of 1,057 legal professionals reveals that a third… Read More

UK Legaltech Startup Thirdfort Secures £1 Million in Latest Funding Round

Thirdfort, a UK-based Legaltech startup, recently announced it secured £1 million in seed-plus funding round. The latest investors include James Meekings and Andrew Mullinger, co-founders of Funding Circle, and David Rutter, founder of R3. Founded in 2017, Thirdfort stated it is enabling solicitors and licensed conveyancers… Read More

Legaltech: Paris-based Jus Mundi, a Developer of the Search Engine for International Law, Secures €1 Million via Seed Round

Paris-headquartered Jus Mundi, a Legaltech firm that aims to serve as the search engine for international law and arbitration, has secured €1 million in capital through its recent seed funding round. Jus Mundi’s management says the firm aims to become a leading resource for international… Read More

Legaltech: China’s “Smart” Courts Are Reportedly Using Blockchain and AI to Decide Legal Disputes

China’s “smart” courts have reportedly been implementing various innovative technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) to help decide legal cases. Local media outlet Xinhua news revealed recently that over 3.1 million Chinese litigation matters from March to October 2019 were handled via the… Read More

Starling Bank Adds First Legal Services Partner to Business Marketplace

UK-based digital banking platform Starling Bank announced on Monday it has added its first legal services partner, Sparqa Legal, to its business marketplace. According to Starling, the partnership will bring affordable legal services to the marketplace’s 88,000 small business customers. “Starling Business Account holders can… Read More

iDisclose Launches Form C-AR, Form D, Form ID Services

iDisclose, a Legaltech company which assists companies with legal documents including Form D and Form C, announced this week its offerings have expanded to include services enabling entrepreneurs accessing capital through crowdfunding offerings to file their required annual report, “Form C-AR,” through the iDisclose platform…. Read More

iDisclose Receives Strategic Investment, Michael Knox Joins Management Team

iDisclose, a New York based legal technology platform, has announced that Michael Knox, President of private equity firm, Gold Ridge Asset Management, has joined the management team. Simultaneously, iDisclose announced that Knox has made an investment in the company. Specific details of the investment were not… Read More

Bootstrap Legal is First Robo-Lawyer for Real Estate Investing

  Bootstrap Legal is a new Legaltech and Fintech startup that has officially launched today. Bootstrap Legal is a software service that automates the drafting of complex legal documents for smaller real estate projects. The service was luanched in recognition of the fast changing world… Read More

Send this to a friend