Press release

APPERIO RAISES $10 MILLION IN SERIES A FUNDING

Nextlaw Ventures portfolio company Apperio today announced that it has raised $10 million (£7.5 million) in a Series A round, led by Draper Esprit and supported by existing investors Notion, IQ Capital and angels. Apperio is a UK-based legal tech startup that is transforming the way companies analyze their legal spend. Apperio provides companies and their in-house legal […]
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Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, announces new leadership roles at Nextlaw Labs and Nextlaw Ventures

Dentons is pleased to announce that Marie Bernard has been named the new CEO of Nextlaw Labs, an accelerator of early-stage technology startups focused on the legal industry. Dan Jansen, who currently serves as the CEO of both Nextlaw Labs and Nextlaw Ventures, effective immediately will focus on Nextlaw Ventures as CEO. Ventures had a successful first […]
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Doxly Now Available on the Nextlaw Global Referral Network

Nextlaw Ventures Portfolio Company Doxly today announced its partnership with the Nextlaw Global Referral Network. Doxly’s launch within the Referral Network is part of the Referral Network’s strategic commitment to provide a competitive advantage and value to its members, and is a great follow up to the launch of other Nextlaw Ventures Portfolio Companies, FileFacets and Hire […]
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Nextlaw Labs and Nextlaw Ventures award 20 startups from the Legal Geek Road Trip 2017

Nextlaw Labs and Nextlaw Ventures announced the 20 legal tech startups that have been selected for travel grants to attend the Legal Geek Conference in London on 17 October, 2017. The grants were awarded following a competitive pitch process involving 48 startups, conducted during the Legal Geek Road Trip last month. The trip, organized in […]
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Nextlaw Labs, Nextlaw Ventures and Legal Geek team up on European legal tech startup road trip

Nextlaw Labs, the innovative legal tech venture development company launched by global law firm Dentons, and Nextlaw Ventures, the global legal technology-focused venture capital fund, partnered with Legal Geek in an unprecedented European road trip to scout high potential legal tech startups. The road trip will cover five European capitals, which are active hubs for […]
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Nextlaw Ventures invests in next generation AI-powered ‘expertise finding’ platform ProFinda

Nextlaw Ventures, the global legal technology-focused venture capital fund, today announced its investment in AI-powered expertise finding platform, ProFinda. ProFinda’s artificial intelligence engine builds an entire map of all the skills, knowledge, connections and expertise available across a company, providing a single view of an organisation’s talent pool. ProFinda then enables employees, through matching algorithms, […]
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Nextlaw Ventures expands portfolio with investment in Canadian legal tech startup FileFacets

Nextlaw Ventures, the global legal technology-focused venture capital fund, today announced its investment in FileFacets, a data analytics and content migration software platform. FileFacets provides an efficient way for law firms to identify case files across multiple repositories, offices and locations to facilitate the discovery process and share information between co-counsels. FileFacets’ cloud-based data analytics […]
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Nextlaw Ventures expands portfolio with investment in Canadian legal tech startup Beagle

Nextlaw Ventures, the global legal technology-focused venture capital fund, today announced its investment in Beagle, a legal tech startup that is using artificial intelligence to transform the legal contract review process. Beagle streamlines the review process by scanning contracts and highlighting key information, providing a real-time collaboration platform that simplifies contract negotiation and finalization. Clients […]
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Nextlaw Ventures enters the on-demand economy with online legal marketplace platform Hire an Esquire

Nextlaw Ventures, the global legal technology-focused venture capital fund, expanded its portfolio today with an investment in Hire an Esquire, a startup venture that is transforming the legal marketplace with on-demand workforce technology. With today’s investment, Nextlaw Ventures continues to expand Dentons’ vision of innovation by developing a suite of new technologies that fundamentally change […]
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Nextlaw Ventures expands portfolio with legal services quality assessment provider Qualmet

Nextlaw Ventures, the global legal technology-focused venture capital fund, today announced its investment in Qualmet, an early-stage startup that brings quality assessment metrics to in-house counsel and law firms. The investment marks the sixth company to enter the Nextlaw Ventures portfolio. Qualmet provides a streamlined cloud platform and standardized process for in-house counsel and law […]
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