DDLoop wins 2025 Legal Pitch Night with AI due diligence platform 

DDLoop, a Sydney-based startup, has taken first place at the 2025 Legal Pitch Night, impressing judges with its AI-powered platform that has the potential to automate due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, financing, and investment deals.

Amender was first runner-up with Clearly by Lext closely following. AIOrdinate took home the People’s Choice Award.

Orchestra Engine, based in Toronto, was awarded the ‘Inconvenient Time Award’ after they pitched live at 2:00am local time.

Hosted by Lander & Rogers’ LawTech Hub, the annual pitch event brings together and celebrates innovators who are reshaping how legal professionals and their clients work.

Ten startups from around the world were selected to pitch their solutions to a panel of judges who are leaders in legal innovation and venture capital:

• Michelle Bey – Chief Innovation Officer, Lander & Rogers; LawTech Hub co-founder and advisory board member, and AI Lab pioneer
• Manoj Swarnapuri – Chief Information Officer, Lander & Rogers; champion of enterprise security and emerging tech
• Andrew McDuff – President, ALTA; advocate for legal tech collaboration and innovation
• Ed Bigazzi – VC at Five V Capital; seasoned investor with fintech and private equity experience
• Elena Tsalanidis – Co-founder and COO, Deeligence; legal ops expert transforming due diligence with AI.

Each startup had 90-seconds to pitch in the hopes to impress the judges and advance to the finals. The final round allowed for extended pitches with in-depth question time.

Australia took home the top prizes with DDLoop placing first, Amender as first runner-up, and Clearly by Lext was second runner-up.

DDLoop’s co-founder Jack Rathie succinctly said the win had “been awesome.”

2024 winner returns to share success

Mary Technology, winner of the 2024 Pitch Night, made a special appearance and shared insights into the startup’s rapid growth.

“When we first pitched at this event, we were just a chronology tool, but we’re really trying to create a category that we’re calling ‘fact management’ or a ‘fact management system’”, says Mary Technology co-founder Harry Raworth.

“Since then, we’ve raised capital, grown to a team of more than 20, and gained over 100 customers. We wouldn’t be where we are without Lander & Rogers and the LawTech Hub.”