Startup Closure
Legal AI Startup Paperflip Folds, Founders Join DocuSign
Paperflip, a California-based NLP contract analysis system that stood out from the crowd with its close integration with Salesforce is to wind down. Its two …
Month: October 2020
Investment
Priori Legal Marketplace Bags $6.3m, Orrick Joins Funding
Priori Legal, a marketplace for in-house legal teams to find and hire outside counsel, has announced today the completion of a $6.3m Series A funding …
LegalTech App Store
Reynen Court Bags $4.5m More, CC + Latham Invest Again
Legal tech ‘app store’ Reynen Court has secured $4.5m of further funding. Global venture capital firm Ventech led the round, which included Clifford Chance and Latham …
Legal Research
What Might a New Normal Look Like for the Legal Sector?
By Aidan Hawes, Head of Commercial Development at vLex Global Markets With over 30 years of experience in developing technology to deliver legal information, the …
Deloitte Legal
Laura Bygrave on Deloitte Legal Ventures, the Story So Far
In December last year Big Four firm Deloitte launched Deloitte Legal Ventures, a tech engagement project involving more than a dozen legal tech companies and …
Smart Agreements
DocuSign Sets Out ‘Smart Agreement’ Vision With Clause
Leading esignature business, DocuSign, has set out its vision for how ‘smart agreements’ will work by combining the tech of smart contract company Clause with …
Contract Analytics
5 Ways Contract Analytics Can Reduce Risk + Increase Efficiency
By Anurag Malik, Chief Technology Officer at ContractPodAi Viewing your company’s agreement-related data – without the benefit of a contract analysis solution – is like …
M&A
VDR Datasite Bought By Private Equity Firm
In another example of private equity funds driving change in the legal tech and adjacent sectors, virtual data room (VDR) Datasite is to be acquired …
Acqui-Hires
After $8m Funding Athennian ‘Acqui-Hires’ Redox Tax Team
Following its $8m funding round, entity management platform Athennian has announced an ‘acqui-hire’ via the acquisition of the team from Montreal-based tax visualisation startup, Redox Technologies. The …
Contract Negotiation
Catherine Bamford on Contract Negotiation + Legal Tech
Contract negotiation is a vital part of commercial legal activity, yet the traditional approaches remain inefficient and depend on clunky technology. At the same time …