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Nextlaw Ventures’ Portfolio Summarized by The American Lawyer

The American Lawyer published a great year-end summary of the startups in our portfolio. The article begins with an overview of the legal tech market in 2016 mentioning that the “legal community has begun to build up some of the key infrastructure needed to support startups in the field” and that “Dentons was among the first to […]
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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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Apperio Wins an Alt.Legal Innovation Award

We are delighted to announce that our portfolio company Apperio, has earned an Alt.Legal Innovation Award in the practice management category. Alt.Legal is a column on Above the Law which focuses on alternative sides of the legal profession. The Alt.Legal Innovation Awards are intended to recognize companies developing innovative products or services that are shaking up the […]
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Clause Produces The World’s First ‘IoT-Enabled’ Legal Contract

Read the latest blog post from our new portfolio company, Clause: Today brought fascinating news of the world’s first shipment of goods supported by a letter of credit using blockchain-based smart contracts and the Internet of Things (IoT). The sale and delivery of 88 bales of cotton from Texas to China between affiliates of Brighann […]
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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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Nextlaw Ventures and Seedcamp select Libryo and Clause for Investment

Nextlaw Ventures, the global legal technology-focused venture capital fund, and Seedcamp, Europe’s leading first round fund, have selected Libryo and Clause to receive training, mentorship and investment, as a result of a joint global callout to identify the top legal tech startups. Libryo is a SaaS (software as a service) platform built to overcome regulatory […]
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Nextlaw Ventures Expands Portfolio with Doxly, Legal Transaction Management Platform

Nextlaw Ventures, the global legal technology-focused venture capital fund, today announced its investment in Doxly, an early-stage startup that is designed to transform the legal transaction process. This investment marks Nextlaw Ventures’ third portfolio investment, following its investment in ROSS Intelligence and Apperio. Participation in the Series Seed round included Nextlaw Ventures, and leading software […]
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Nextlaw Ventures Partners with Seedcamp to Identify the Top Legal Tech Startups

Nextlaw Ventures, the global legal technology-focused venture capital fund, signed a partnership with Seedcamp, the first round fund for ambitious founders, to co-sponsor a global callout to early stage legal tech startups. Selected startups will receive training, mentorship and investment from both Nextlaw Ventures and Seedcamp. Seedcamp, the leading pre-seed and seed stage investor based […]
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