What are the latest funding news in the Legal Tech market? (June 2026)
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Legal tech funding stayed highly active in spring 2026, with AI-native legal workflow platforms attracting the largest rounds.
The latest deals show strong investor appetite for products built directly into legal research, litigation, billing, contracts, and in-house legal operations.
From Harvey and Legora to Wordsmith, Lexroom, and Enter, the market is increasingly shaped by legal AI platforms that want to own daily legal work.
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Insights
- AI-native legal workflow platforms dominated the latest Legal Tech market funding cycle, with Harvey, Legora, Wordsmith, Lexroom, and Enter alone representing more than $470M in announced capital.
- The market is moving beyond legal research into full legal operating systems, as LawX, Newcode.ai, Manifest OS, and Wordsmith all raised around workflow ownership rather than point features.
- Litigation remains one of the most fundable legal tech categories, with Crimson, Stilta, Enter, and Steno all raising for dispute, case intelligence, transcript, or patent litigation workflows.
- Europe is producing serious Legal Tech market challengers, with Wordsmith, Lexroom, LawX, Legora, Stilta, Crimson, and Newcode.ai all headquartered or founded in European markets.
- The largest rounds went to companies selling directly to law firms and in-house legal departments, which shows investors still prefer legal-team-first platforms over broad compliance tools.
- Seed activity was still meaningful, with Crimson, LawX, Stilta, and Newcode.ai raising early rounds around very specific legal pain points and AI-native product architecture.
- Valuations are widening sharply across the Legal Tech market, from seed rounds with undisclosed valuations to Harvey at $11B and Legora at $5.6B.
- The U.S. market remains the main expansion target, even for European founders, as Wordsmith, Crimson, and Newcode.ai all highlighted U.S. growth or presence.
As this chart shows, and as featured in our Legal Tech market deck, search interest in legal tech has been growing steadily
Summary table of the latest funding deals in the Legal Tech market as of June 2026
We define the legal technology market as software products built primarily to support legal work and legal decision-making for law firms and in-house legal teams.
We include core legal workflow systems, such as matter and case management, contracts and CLM, eDiscovery, document management, billing and spend, as well as legal information products like legal research, legal data, and legal AI grounded in legal sources and workflows.
We exclude general-purpose productivity software and broad risk or compliance platforms, including GRC, privacy, AML, and audit tools, unless they are sold and designed first and foremost as legal-team systems.
You can also read our detailed analysis to understand how funding activity in the Legal Tech market has evolved over the last few years.
We also have a quarter-by-quarter analysis of funding activity in the market here.
Finally, you can check our complete list of fundraising deals for the Legal Tech market (we update this list every quarter) as well as our ranking of the most funded startups.
| Name | When | Amount in $ | Round Type | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wordsmith | 3 June 2026 | $70M | Series B | In-house legal workflow & legal AI |
| Crimson | 28 May 2026 | $2.5M | Seed | Litigation AI & case intelligence |
| Lexroom | 19 May 2026 | $50M | Series B | Legal research & drafting AI |
| Stilta | 19 May 2026 | $10.5M | Seed | Patent litigation AI & IP intelligence |
| LawX | 18 May 2026 | $8M | Seed | Law firm operating system & notary workflow |
| Enter | 5 to 6 May 2026 | $100M+ | Series B | High-volume litigation AI |
| Legora | 30 April 2026 | $50M | Series D extension | Legal AI workspace & agents |
| Manifest OS | 28 April 2026 | $60M | Series A | AI-native law firm infrastructure |
| Steno | 26 March 2026 | $49M | Series C | Court reporting & litigation workflow |
| Harvey | 25 March 2026 | $200M | Late-stage funding | Legal AI agents & infrastructure |
| PointOne | 23 March 2026 | $16M | Series A | Legal billing, timekeeping & pricing |
| Newcode.ai | 17 March 2026 | $6.5M+ | Seed | Legal AI operating system |
All the latest funding deals during in the Legal Tech market as of June 2026
Wordsmith raised $70M in June 2026 to scale its in-house legal AI platform.
When was it?
The deal was announced on 3 June 2026.
Who are they?
Wordsmith is an AI legal workflow platform that helps corporate legal teams intake requests, draft contracts, answer legal questions, and route work.
Geographical focus?
Wordsmith was founded in Edinburgh, has a New York presence, and is pushing deeper into the U.S. legal market.
Why do we include them in the Legal Tech market?
Wordsmith is built for in-house legal departments, so it belongs in the in-house legal workflow and legal AI category.
What is the company stage?
Wordsmith is at growth stage, with reported adoption across more than 500 companies.
How much did they raise?
Wordsmith raised $70M in this round.
What round is it?
The round was a Series B.
Why did they raise?
Wordsmith raised to accelerate product development, expand globally, grow in the U.S., and support legal teams reducing outside-counsel spend.
Crimson raised $2.5M in May 2026 to expand its litigation AI platform.
When was it?
The deal was announced on 28 May 2026.
Who are they?
Crimson is an AI case-intelligence platform that helps litigation and arbitration teams analyze case files, build chronologies, compare positions, and draft with citations.
Geographical focus?
Crimson is London-based and opened a New York office to support U.S. expansion.
Why do we include them in the Legal Tech market?
Crimson is built for litigation teams, so it belongs in the litigation workflow and legal AI for law firms category.
What is the company stage?
Crimson is at early product-market fit stage, with seed funding and reported use on large disputes.
How much did they raise?
Crimson raised $2.5M in this round.
What round is it?
The round was a Seed round.
Why did they raise?
Crimson raised to expand in the U.S. and scale a litigation-native AI product for disputes teams.
This chart, featured in our Legal Tech market deck, compares the main business model options for legal tech SaaS platforms
Lexroom raised about $50M in May 2026 to expand its civil-law legal AI platform.
When was it?
The deal was announced on 19 May 2026.
Who are they?
Lexroom is an AI legal research, analysis, and drafting platform built around verified civil-law legal sources.
Geographical focus?
Lexroom is Milan-based and is expanding across European civil-law markets, especially Spain and Germany.
Why do we include them in the Legal Tech market?
Lexroom serves law firms and corporate legal teams, so it belongs in the legal research and legal drafting AI category.
What is the company stage?
Lexroom is at growth stage, with reported usage by more than 8,000 law firms and legal teams.
How much did they raise?
Lexroom raised €42.9M, reported as about $50M.
What round is it?
The round was a Series B.
Why did they raise?
Lexroom raised to expand across Europe and deepen its proprietary legal-data and AI product stack.
Stilta raised $10.5M in May 2026 to build AI agents for patent litigation.
When was it?
The deal was announced on 19 May 2026.
Who are they?
Stilta builds AI agents for patent litigation and patent-intelligence workflows, including invalidity and infringement analysis.
Geographical focus?
Stilta is Stockholm-based and targets global patent-heavy legal workflows.
Why do we include them in the Legal Tech market?
Stilta is built for patent litigators and IP teams, so it belongs in the IP litigation and legal AI category.
What is the company stage?
Stilta is at a very early stage, moving from MVP into early product-market fit.
How much did they raise?
Stilta raised $10.5M in this round.
What round is it?
The round was a Seed round.
Why did they raise?
Stilta raised to scale an agentic AI product for document-heavy patent and IP legal analysis.
This chart, featured in our Legal Tech market deck, looks at Clio’s strategy in legal tech
LawX raised about $8M in May 2026 to build a legal operating system.
When was it?
The deal was announced on 18 May 2026.
Who are they?
LawX is building an AI-powered operating system that automates operational and administrative workflows for law firms and notaries.
Geographical focus?
LawX is Berlin-based and is focused first on German and European law firms and notarial practices.
Why do we include them in the Legal Tech market?
LawX is built for law firm and notary operations, so it belongs in the practice operations and legal workflow system category.
What is the company stage?
LawX is at seed and early product-market fit stage.
How much did they raise?
LawX raised €7.5M, roughly $8M.
What round is it?
The round was a Seed round.
Why did they raise?
LawX raised to build and commercialize a broader legal operating system for legal practices.
Enter raised over $100M in May 2026 at a reported $1.2B valuation.
When was it?
The deal was announced around 5 to 6 May 2026.
Who are they?
Enter is a Brazilian legal AI platform for high-volume litigation, helping enterprise legal teams analyze documents, detect patterns, and draft defenses for lawyer review.
Geographical focus?
Enter is focused on Brazil and Latin America, with enterprise litigation workflows as its core use case.
Why do we include them in the Legal Tech market?
Enter is built for enterprise litigation and disputes, so it belongs in the litigation automation and legal AI for in-house teams category.
What is the company stage?
Enter is at growth and unicorn stage, with a reported $1.2B valuation.
How much did they raise?
Enter raised over $100M in this round.
What round is it?
The round was a Series B.
Why did they raise?
Enter raised to automate large-scale legal operations for major enterprises and strengthen leadership in Latin American legal AI.
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Legora raised a $50M Series D extension in April 2026 at a $5.6B valuation.
When was it?
The deal was announced on 30 April 2026.
Who are they?
Legora is a legal AI workspace that helps lawyers research, draft, review, and automate legal work with context-aware AI.
Geographical focus?
Legora was founded in Stockholm and serves a global base of law firms and in-house legal teams.
Why do we include them in the Legal Tech market?
Legora is built for law firms and legal teams, so it belongs in the legal AI workspace and legal workflow automation category.
What is the company stage?
Legora is at hypergrowth stage, with reported rapid customer and revenue expansion.
How much did they raise?
Legora raised a $50M extension, bringing its Series D to $600M total.
What round is it?
The round was a Series D extension.
Why did they raise?
Legora raised to add strategic software and AI investors and continue scaling global legal AI adoption.
Manifest OS raised $60M in April 2026 to scale AI-native law firm infrastructure.
When was it?
The deal was announced on 28 April 2026.
Who are they?
Manifest OS powers AI-native law firms with software, operations, and back-office infrastructure for fixed-fee and outcomes-based legal services.
Geographical focus?
Manifest OS is New York-based and focuses on U.S. legal-services delivery.
Why do we include them in the Legal Tech market?
Manifest OS is an operating system for AI-native legal service delivery, so it belongs in the law firm infrastructure and legal workflow systems category.
What is the company stage?
Manifest OS is at post-stealth and early growth stage.
How much did they raise?
Manifest OS raised $60M in this round.
What round is it?
The round was a Series A.
Why did they raise?
Manifest OS raised to scale AI-native law firm operations, centralize back-office services, and support more predictable legal pricing.
This market map, featured in our Legal Tech market deck, highlights top companies and startups in the legal tech market
Steno raised $49M in March 2026 to expand court reporting and litigation AI tools.
When was it?
The deal was announced on 26 March 2026.
Who are they?
Steno provides tech-enabled court reporting and litigation support, including AI transcript tools such as Transcript Genius.
Geographical focus?
Steno is focused on the U.S. litigation market and is expanding across more litigation hubs.
Why do we include them in the Legal Tech market?
Steno serves litigation teams with court reporting, transcript, and litigation workflow software, so it belongs in the litigation support category.
What is the company stage?
Steno is at growth stage.
How much did they raise?
Steno raised $49M in this round.
What round is it?
The round was a Series C.
Why did they raise?
Steno raised to expand geographically and invest further in AI-driven litigation tools and transcript workflows.
Harvey raised $200M in March 2026 at an $11B valuation.
When was it?
The deal was announced on 25 March 2026.
Who are they?
Harvey is a legal AI infrastructure platform for law firms and in-house legal teams, focused on AI agents that run complex legal workflows.
Geographical focus?
Harvey is U.S.-founded and global, with reported use across more than 60 countries.
Why do we include them in the Legal Tech market?
Harvey is built for law firms and enterprise legal departments, so it belongs in the legal AI agents and legal workflow automation category.
What is the company stage?
Harvey is at hypergrowth stage, with reported adoption across more than 1,300 customers.
How much did they raise?
Harvey raised $200M in this round.
What round is it?
The company described the deal as new funding, while market coverage treated it as a late-stage growth round.
Why did they raise?
Harvey raised to expand AI agents, scale legal engineering teams, and move faster in the legal AI platform race.
This chart, featured in our Legal Tech market deck, illustrates yearly funding for legal tech startups
PointOne raised $16M in March 2026 to improve legal timekeeping and billing.
When was it?
The deal was announced on 23 March 2026.
Who are they?
PointOne uses AI to capture lawyers' work activity and turn it into accurate billable time entries, with related bill review and pricing tools.
Geographical focus?
PointOne is U.S.-based and focused on law firms.
Why do we include them in the Legal Tech market?
PointOne is built for law firm timekeeping, billing, and pricing, so it belongs in the legal billing and practice economics workflow category.
What is the company stage?
PointOne is at product-market fit and early growth stage, with reported 10x revenue growth and use by more than 100 law firms.
How much did they raise?
PointOne raised $16M in this round.
What round is it?
The round was a Series A.
Why did they raise?
PointOne raised to improve billable-time capture, billing accuracy, compliance, and pricing decisions for law firms.
Newcode.ai raised $6.5M+ in March 2026 to build a legal AI operating system.
When was it?
The deal was announced on 17 March 2026.
Who are they?
Newcode.ai is building an AI-native operating system for legal work that lets lawyers delegate multi-step tasks across firm systems, data, and applications.
Geographical focus?
Newcode.ai is Norway-based, has a Palo Alto presence, and targets international law firm and enterprise legal workflows.
Why do we include them in the Legal Tech market?
Newcode.ai is designed for law firms and enterprise legal workflows, so it belongs in the legal AI operating system and workflow automation category.
What is the company stage?
Newcode.ai is at seed and early product-market fit stage.
How much did they raise?
Newcode.ai raised more than $6.5M in this round.
What round is it?
The round was a Seed round.
Why did they raise?
Newcode.ai raised to build enterprise-ready legal AI workflows and support deployments across legal organizations.
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