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Lagora raised a $550 million Series D funding round led by Excel at a valuation of over $5.5 billion.
Lagora has doubled its business every quarter since October 2024.
Using Lagora's platform, a large law firm improved its accuracy on limited partnership agreement reviews from 60% to 100% over one summer, enabling a business model shift from a three-day billable hour service to a five-hour fixed-fee service.
Lagora plans to more than double its headcount from 400 to 900 employees within the current year.
Lagora's $550 million Series D funding round was oversubscribed, with over $1.5 billion in investor demand.
Lagora's customer base includes a double-digit number of the world's top 50 law firms and several of the top 10 global banking institutions.
Lagora's CEO, Max Unistron, believes the company's $550 million Series D is the largest funding round ever in the legal tech industry.
Modern AI models like Opus 4.5 or 4.6 can solve complex risk identification tasks that previously required custom-tuned LLM flows and extensive taxonomies.
Large enterprise clients, such as major banks and pharmaceutical companies, are now demanding that their external law firms adopt AI technology to improve efficiency and service delivery.
The law firm Debevoise & Plimpton has launched its 'Star Portal,' a client collaboration platform built on Lagora's technology.
Max Unistron predicts the emergence of a 'firm AI' for professional services, a system that leverages a company's specific precedents, organizational memory, and context to perform tasks.
At Lagora, sales representatives are required to use the company's own AI software to mark up Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) and are not permitted to send them to the internal legal team for review.