NZ founded Legal Tech taking In-House Legal Market by Storm!
Exciting news for New Zealand founded legal technology company LawVu, with the announcement last month that they successfully raised $USD13.5 million off the back of another consecutive year of 100% revenue growth. LawVu is a legaltech company that provides collaborative software to in-house counsel teams that enable them to work remotely (a very positive legal tech idea indeed!). The funding round was led by New York-based private equity firm Insight Partners and AirTree Ventures. To read more about this story, head to to https://lawvu.com/news/new-yorks-insight-airtree-double-down-on-lawvu/
Julia Salasky, founder of access to justice platform 'CrowdJustice' in the UK and a former war crimes Lawyer at the UN, has secured $18million in funding to scale her new legal tech venture, Legl, a SaaS platform which makes it easier for law firms to mitigate risk for their clients. They do this by easing business processes of law firms by removing time consuming, admin-heavy work through automation. To read more on Legl's cap raise and Julia’s incredible career, head to https://www.lawfuel.com/blog/war-crimes-to-law-tech/
In March 2022, a team of law students from Swinburne University (Nicola Jerkovic, Will Klein and Jacinta Meadows) collaborated with AGL’s in-house legal team to come up with an AI infused legal intake triage tool. The result? An online tool that auto populates spreadsheets, sends automated emails, assigns tasks and generates documentation, resulting in a more efficient and streamlined process of legal requests into AGL's in-house legal team, and through the process, the students were able to test, select and develop a legal tech solution with real industry application. Head here to read more about this clever collaboration - https://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/biglaw/33938-students-create-legal-tech-solution-for-ma
Afriwise is a legal tech platform that combines legal software with African up-to-date legal information and lawyer connections. Founded by experienced, commercial and corporate lawyer, Steven De Backer, Afriwise was borne out of a frustration on not being able to access trustworthy legal information on local African laws and regulations. The solution? A legal intelligence platform that provides companies, advisors, investors and startups up-to-date legal knowledge on local laws and regulations, as well as connections to vetted lawyers based in Africa. To learn more head to www.afriwise.com.
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