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Legal disputes startup Immediation placed in voluntary administration after raising $19 million in six years

Simon Thomsen - November 2, 2023 2 MIN READ

Online dispute resolution platform Immediation was placed in voluntary administration last week, seven months after the startup’s founder and CEO departed amid a $2.8 million capital injection. Joanne Dunn and David McGrath from FTI Consulting were appointed administrators to 3 Australian entities: Immediation Pty Ltd (the head company), Immediation Platform, and Disputech IP Holdco, on… Read more »

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Legal task automation startup Josef raises $5.2 million

Simon Thomsen - November 29, 2022 2 MIN READ

Legal automation startup, Josef, has raised $5.2 million in what the company is calling “pre-series” capital. The round led by OIF Ventures, supported by existing investor Carthona Capital as well as Flying Fox Ventures, Jelix Ventures and Saniel Ventures. Founded in 2018 by lawyers Tom Dreyfus and Sam Flynn and engineer Kirill Kliavin, the company… Read more »

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US VC Insight Partners backs Kiwi legal tech in $16m series A

Simon Thomsen - August 10, 2021 2 MIN READ

New York private equity venture Insight Partners has made another investment down south, leading a NS$17 million (A$16.2m) series A into New Zealand legal tech LawVu. AirTree Ventures returned for this round, having been part of a A$2.3 million pre-series A in May that also saw investments from US-based Shasta Ventures and NZ Growth Capital… Read more »

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One of Australia’s biggest law firms, Allens, has launched a legal tech accelerator

Simon Thomsen - February 18, 2021 2 MIN READ

Allens, the global Australian law firm, has taken the digital transformation of the legal system by the tassels of its silks and is backing seven startups in a new accelerator program called Auctus (Latin for “enriched”.) The startups, based in four different countries, tackle issues such as document automation, smart contracts and AI-driven knowledge management,… Read more »

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Online lawyer marketplace Lawpath raises $4.4 million for Asian expansion

Simon Thomsen - November 5, 2019 < 1 MIN READ

Online legal marketplace Lawpath has raised $4.4 million as it looks to push into Asia. Adcock Private Equity lead the round, which was oversubscribed and saw existing backers Pollenizer Investments, LegalZoom, Fort Street Advisors, Machdoch Ventures and Nick Abrahams, now head of innovation at Australian lawfirm Norton Rose Fulbright return The Sydney legaltech startup previously… Read more »