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Legal AI Startup Legora Lands $80 Million at a $675 Million Valuation
General Catalyst and Iconiq Growth are co-leading an $80 million funding round into Legora, a startup that makes software to help bogged-down lawyers speed up legal research and drafting.
The new funding for the New York, London, and Stockholm-based Legora will value the company at $675 million, following last year’s $35 million Series A. Existing investors Redpoint Ventures, Benchmark, and Y Combinator increased their stakes in this Series B round.
In an exclusive interview with Business Insider, Legora CEO Max Junestrand said the company wasn’t actively seeking funding, but still, the offers flooded in. “I don’t think it’s a secret that things have been really working,” Junestrand said.
When Seth Pierrepont heard whispers of Legora’s fundraise, he boarded a flight to Stockholm. The Iconiq investor had done dozens of calls with law firms about the tools changing the way their attorneys work. The Legora name kept coming up.
“What they’re looking for now is a partner,” Pierrepont said, “someone that they know will build the features they ask for and will respond quickly to the questions they have. And I think that is the gap that Legora has stepped into.”
Junestrand declined to provide revenue or growth figures, but said the company’s revenue growth is “extremely positive.” It has 250 clients in 20 markets, including big-league law firms like Cleary Gottlieb, Goodwin, Bird & Bird, and Mannheimer Swartling, Sweden’s largest law firm.
Legora builds chatbots and agents — software that can perform basic tasks on their own — for things like redlining a contract, drafting, or filling in a checklist for a transaction. In recent months, it’s added a Microsoft Word add-in and other features that large law firms demand.
Legora’s closest analog is legal-tech heavyweight Harvey. The company works closely with major law firms to craft custom software, offering the agility of a startup with the tailored approach of a high-end consulting firm. Its annual recurring revenue surpassed $70 million in April, according to a spokesperson.
Legora’s funding is the latest in a string of high-profile legal-tech investments, following companies like Harvey and Supio. General Catalyst, in particular, has been building a strong portfolio of startups reshaping the delivery of legal services. In February, it led a $105 million initial round for Eudia, a platform designed for Fortune 500 legal teams.
Mary O’Carroll, Goodwin’s chief operating officer, said the firm piloted many tools before signing up with Legora. On the surface, some of the products seem quite similar, she said. But Legora edged out its competition with a clean, easy-to-use interface and a feature called tabular review, which lets users search thousands of files for exactly the information they need all at once.
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Legora also stood out for its approach to empowering lawyers. The company meets regularly with firm leaders to tightly tailor the product to their needs.
“We feel like we’re not just adopting the technology,” O’Carroll told BI, “we’re co-creating with them.”
The new funding gives Legora fresh firepower to grow its team and chip away at Harvey’s dominance. In addition, the company announced that General Catalyst’s Jeannette zu Fürstenberg and Iconiq’s Pierrepont have joined its board.
Investors are betting on the team just as much as the tech to drive growth. Jack Altman, an investor through his venture firm Alt Capital, described Junestrand as an “ambitious, gritty” European founder with a Silicon Valley ethos. Gradient’s Darian Shirazi, who wrote an angel check into Legora, praised Junestrand’s customer obsession, which he says is matched only by his focus on results.
With a team of around 100 employees, Legora is proving that smaller doesn’t mean slower, and that being second to market doesn’t mean it’s out of the race.
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