# Legal Tech Circle

> Learn what is working in legal tech, connect with the people building and using it, and find the right partners. For firms and teams of every size, without the noise.

Legal Tech Circle is an independent publication and community for legal professionals navigating AI and legal technology. Coverage is written by The Circle Desk. Nothing here is legal advice. Partner placements are always labeled.

## Key Pages

- [Funding Tracker](https://legaltechcircle.com/market-signals/funding-tracker/): Every legal tech funding round tracked since 2012, filterable, with a source link for each round.
- [Legal Tech Conferences](https://legaltechcircle.com/legal-tech-conferences/): Every legal tech conference for the coming year with dates, cities, prices and audience. Markdown: https://legaltechcircle.com/legal-tech-conferences/markdown/
- [Product Launches Tracker](https://legaltechcircle.com/market-signals/launches/): Legal tech product launches since January 2025: new products, AI features, integrations, with sources. Markdown: https://legaltechcircle.com/market-signals/launches/markdown/
- [Legal Tech Glossary](https://legaltechcircle.com/glossary/): Plain-English definitions of 173 legal technology and legal AI terms, each on its own page.
- [Buyer's Toolkit](https://legaltechcircle.com/toolkit/): Free templates for legal teams: RFP, AI use policy, security questionnaire, ROI calculator, budget planner, vendor checklists and more.
- [Funding Tracker Methodology](https://legaltechcircle.com/market-signals/funding-tracker/methodology/): How the tracker counts: scope, what counts as a round, dates, currencies, sources, verification, and why totals differ from other sources.
- [Market Signals](https://legaltechcircle.com/market-signals/): Funding, launches and consolidation in legal tech.
- [Find Your Tech](https://legaltechcircle.com/find-your-tech/): Legal tech organized into 11 problem categories, with the companies in each.
- [Find Your Match](https://legaltechcircle.com/find-your-tech/match/): A five-question tool that shortlists legal tech for a team.
- [Companies](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/): Profiles of legal tech companies: funding history, investors, coverage.
- [Investors](https://legaltechcircle.com/investors/): Investors active in legal tech and their portfolios.
- [Insights](https://legaltechcircle.com/insights/): All stories.
- [Compare](https://legaltechcircle.com/compare/): Head-to-head comparisons of legal tech companies, including the 50 most funded.
- [Best Legal Software by Team](https://legaltechcircle.com/find-your-tech/best/): Ranked lists of the best tools in every category for in-house teams, large firms, mid-size firms, small firms and solos.
- [Integrations](https://legaltechcircle.com/integrations/): Legal software grouped by the tools it integrates with: Clio, iManage, NetDocuments, Microsoft 365, Salesforce and more.
- [Legal Tech by Country](https://legaltechcircle.com/legal-tech-companies/): Legal tech companies grouped by headquarters country, with funding and investors.
- [Funding data (CSV)](https://legaltechcircle.com/?ltc_data=funding): Every tracked round as a CSV, updated continuously.
- [Editorial Policy](https://legaltechcircle.com/editorial-policy/): How we source, label and correct coverage.
- [The Circle](https://legaltechcircle.com/the-circle/): Who we are.

## Categories

- [GenAI Review, Drafting & Assistants](https://legaltechcircle.com/find-your-tech/genai-review-drafting-assistants/): Draft, review and redline faster, and ask questions of your documents.
- [CLM Systems & Workflows](https://legaltechcircle.com/find-your-tech/clm-systems-workflows/): Get contracts out of inboxes: requests, approvals, signature and post-signature tracking.
- [Practice / Matter Management](https://legaltechcircle.com/find-your-tech/practice-matter-management/): Run matters, time, billing, trust accounting and client portals in one place.
- [Litigation & eDiscovery](https://legaltechcircle.com/find-your-tech/litigation-ediscovery/): Collect, review and produce millions of emails, chats and documents.
- [Document Automation & Assembly](https://legaltechcircle.com/find-your-tech/document-automation-assembly/): Stop retyping the same documents. Turn templates into guided workflows.
- [Legal Research & Analytics](https://legaltechcircle.com/find-your-tech/legal-research-analytics/): Find the right authority fast and see how judges, courts and counsel behave.
- [Legal Operations & Spend Management](https://legaltechcircle.com/find-your-tech/legal-operations-spend-management/): Control outside counsel spend, e-billing, budgets and legal department metrics.
- [Knowledge & Document Management](https://legaltechcircle.com/find-your-tech/knowledge-document-management/): Store, find and reuse your best work product securely.
- [Intake, Portals & Self-Service](https://legaltechcircle.com/find-your-tech/intake-portals-self-service/): Triage requests and give the business answers without a ticket to legal.
- [Compliance, Risk & Privacy](https://legaltechcircle.com/find-your-tech/compliance-risk-privacy/): Track obligations, manage policies and handle privacy requests at scale.
- [Intellectual Property](https://legaltechcircle.com/find-your-tech/intellectual-property/): Manage patents, trademarks, dockets and IP portfolios.

## Key Facts (live, from the Funding Tracker)

- Legal Tech Circle tracks 504 disclosed legal tech funding rounds since 2012, totaling $14.16B.
- 2026 (year to date): $3.41B across 76 rounds.
- 2025: $3.91B across 126 rounds.
- 2024: $1.8B across 76 rounds.
- 2023: $479M across 32 rounds.
- Data last updated 2026-11-10. Full data as CSV: https://legaltechcircle.com/?ltc_data=funding

## Most-Funded Legal Tech Companies

- [Harvey](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/harvey/): $1.82B raised, GenAI & Drafting. Harvey builds AI software for law firms and corporate legal teams covering contract analysis, due diligence, compliance and litigation work.
- [Clio](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/clio/): $1.79B raised, Practice Mgmt. Clio is cloud legal practice management software for case management, time tracking, billing and client intake at law firms.
- [Legora](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/legora/): $1.42B raised, GenAI & Drafting. Legora is a collaborative AI workspace for lawyers to review documents, research and draft.
- [Filevine](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/filevine/): $516M raised, Practice Mgmt. Filevine is case management software for law firms and legal teams, with its LOIS legal AI working across every matter.
- [EvenUp](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/evenup/): $371M raised, GenAI & Drafting. EvenUp makes AI software for personal injury law firms, including demand letter drafting and case management.
- [Patsnap](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/patsnap/): $338M raised, IP. Patsnap provides AI patent search, patent drafting, monitoring and IP analytics for R&D and IP teams.
- [Ironclad](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/ironclad/): $331M raised, CLM. Ironclad is contract lifecycle management software for creating, negotiating and analyzing contracts with AI.
- [Icertis](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/icertis/): $320M raised, CLM. Icertis is enterprise contract management software that connects contract data with business systems.
- [Blue J](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/blue-j/): $298M raised, Research & Analytics. Blue J is an AI tax research platform that answers tax law questions for accounting and law firms.
- [Everlaw](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/everlaw/): $297M raised, eDiscovery. Everlaw is a cloud eDiscovery platform with AI tools for litigation and investigations.
- [Onit](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/onit/): $212M raised, Legal Ops & Spend. Onit provides enterprise legal management software for matter management, legal spend and legal operations workflows.
- [Ontra](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/ontra/): $200M raised, Doc Automation. Ontra is a provider of technology and services for contract automation and intelligence.
- [Norm Ai](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/norm-ai/): $195M raised, Compliance & Privacy. AI agents for legal and compliance workflows.
- [DISCO](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/disco/): $192M raised, eDiscovery. DISCO provides cloud eDiscovery software and review services for law firms and legal departments.
- [ContractPodAi](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/contractpodai/): $170M raised, CLM. AI contract lifecycle management.
- [SirionLabs](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/sirionlabs/): $166M raised, CLM. AI contract lifecycle management.
- [Eve](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/eve/): $164M raised, GenAI & Drafting. Eve is an AI platform built to help plaintiff law firms through each phase of a case.
- [LinkSquares](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/linksquares/): $161M raised, CLM. LinkSquares is AI contract management software that helps legal teams draft, review and manage contracts.
- [LegalOn Technologies](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/legalon-technologies/): $151M raised, CLM. AI contract review and matter management.
- [Luminance](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/luminance/): $138M raised, GenAI & Drafting. Luminance is an AI contract platform for reviewing, negotiating and analyzing contracts.
- [DiliTrust](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/dilitrust/): $137M raised, Legal Ops & Spend. DiliTrust offers SaaS software for legal operations and corporate governance, covering board portals, contract lifecycle management, entity records, matter tracking, and secure datarooms.
- [Enter](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/enter/): $135M raised, eDiscovery. Enter is a Brazilian AI platform that runs high-volume litigation for corporate legal departments.
- [Wordsmith](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/wordsmith/): $114M raised, Legal Ops & Spend. Wordsmith is an AI platform for in-house legal teams to draft, review and research contracts and handle legal requests.
- [Lawhive](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/lawhive/): $112M raised, Practice Mgmt. Lawhive is a legal tech startup that offers an AI platform for lawyers to cover workflow management, compliance, and payments.
- [Eudia](https://legaltechcircle.com/companies/eudia/): $105M raised, GenAI & Drafting. Eudia develops an AI platform for in-house legal teams that applies company policies, contract playbooks, and precedents to contract review, compliance, diligence, and self-service workflows.

## Most Active Legal Tech Investors

- [The LegalTech Fund](https://legaltechcircle.com/investors/the-legaltech-fund/): 23 rounds, 2 led.
- [Y Combinator](https://legaltechcircle.com/investors/y-combinator/): 21 rounds, 2 led.
- [Sequoia Capital](https://legaltechcircle.com/investors/sequoia-capital/): 20 rounds, 8 led.
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://legaltechcircle.com/investors/bessemer-venture-partners/): 12 rounds, 6 led.
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://legaltechcircle.com/investors/lightspeed-venture-partners/): 10 rounds, 5 led.
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://legaltechcircle.com/investors/andreessen-horowitz/): 10 rounds, 4 led.
- [Elad Gil](https://legaltechcircle.com/investors/elad-gil/): 10 rounds, 1 led.
- [Accel](https://legaltechcircle.com/investors/accel/): 10 rounds, 5 led.
- [Coatue](https://legaltechcircle.com/investors/coatue/): 9 rounds, 3 led.
- [Index Ventures](https://legaltechcircle.com/investors/index-ventures/): 9 rounds, 7 led.
- [Insight Partners](https://legaltechcircle.com/investors/insight-partners/): 9 rounds, 7 led.
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://legaltechcircle.com/investors/kleiner-perkins/): 8 rounds, 2 led.
- [Thomson Reuters Ventures](https://legaltechcircle.com/investors/thomson-reuters-ventures/): 8 rounds, 0 led.
- [SignalFire](https://legaltechcircle.com/investors/signalfire/): 8 rounds, 2 led.
- [Menlo Ventures](https://legaltechcircle.com/investors/menlo-ventures/): 8 rounds, 3 led.

## Head-to-Head Comparisons

- [Harvey vs Legora](https://legaltechcircle.com/compare/harvey-vs-legora/)
- [Harvey vs EvenUp](https://legaltechcircle.com/compare/evenup-vs-harvey/)
- [Legora vs EvenUp](https://legaltechcircle.com/compare/evenup-vs-legora/)
- [Ironclad vs Icertis](https://legaltechcircle.com/compare/icertis-vs-ironclad/)
- [Ironclad vs ContractPodAi](https://legaltechcircle.com/compare/contractpodai-vs-ironclad/)
- [Icertis vs ContractPodAi](https://legaltechcircle.com/compare/contractpodai-vs-icertis/)
- [Clio vs Filevine](https://legaltechcircle.com/compare/clio-vs-filevine/)
- [Clio vs Lawhive](https://legaltechcircle.com/compare/clio-vs-lawhive/)
- [Filevine vs Lawhive](https://legaltechcircle.com/compare/filevine-vs-lawhive/)
- [Everlaw vs DISCO](https://legaltechcircle.com/compare/disco-vs-everlaw/)
- [Everlaw vs Enter](https://legaltechcircle.com/compare/enter-vs-everlaw/)
- [DISCO vs Enter](https://legaltechcircle.com/compare/disco-vs-enter/)
- [Ontra vs BRYTER](https://legaltechcircle.com/compare/bryter-vs-ontra/)
- [Ontra vs Definely](https://legaltechcircle.com/compare/definely-vs-ontra/)
- [BRYTER vs Definely](https://legaltechcircle.com/compare/bryter-vs-definely/)
- [Blue J vs Lexroom](https://legaltechcircle.com/compare/blue-j-vs-lexroom/)
- [Blue J vs Casetext](https://legaltechcircle.com/compare/blue-j-vs-casetext/)
- [Lexroom vs Casetext](https://legaltechcircle.com/compare/casetext-vs-lexroom/)
- [Onit vs DiliTrust](https://legaltechcircle.com/compare/dilitrust-vs-onit/)
- [Onit vs Wordsmith](https://legaltechcircle.com/compare/onit-vs-wordsmith/)

## Quarterly Funding Reports

- [Legal Tech Funding Report: Q3 2026](https://legaltechcircle.com/market-signals/reports/funding-2026-q3/): $856M across 20 rounds.
- [Legal Tech Funding Report: Q2 2026](https://legaltechcircle.com/market-signals/reports/funding-2026-q2/): $486M across 19 rounds.
- [Legal Tech Funding Report: Q1 2026](https://legaltechcircle.com/market-signals/reports/funding-2026-q1/): $1.27B across 28 rounds.
- [Legal Tech Funding Report: Q4 2025](https://legaltechcircle.com/market-signals/reports/funding-2025-q4/): $1.4B across 40 rounds.
- [Legal Tech Funding Report: Q3 2025](https://legaltechcircle.com/market-signals/reports/funding-2025-q3/): $881M across 25 rounds.
- [Legal Tech Funding Report: Q2 2025](https://legaltechcircle.com/market-signals/reports/funding-2025-q2/): $779M across 29 rounds.
- [Legal Tech Funding Report: Q1 2025](https://legaltechcircle.com/market-signals/reports/funding-2025-q1/): $848M across 32 rounds.
- [Legal Tech Funding Report: Q4 2024](https://legaltechcircle.com/market-signals/reports/funding-2024-q4/): $317M across 20 rounds.

- [The Legal Tech Map](https://legaltechcircle.com/find-your-tech/map/): every company we track, by category.

## How to Cite

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