Legora completes $550 million Series E funding at an $8.8 billion valuation

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Swedish legal AI company Legora completes a $550 million Series E funding round at an $8.8 billion valuation

Swedish legal AI company Legora announced the completion of a $550 million Series E funding round at a post-money valuation of $8.8 billion, led by Atreides Management, with new investors including JPMorgan and Fidelity participating. The company said its ARR has exceeded $200 million, taking less than six months to go from $100 million to $200 million, and this round's valuation is up about 57% from the $5.6 billion valuation in its Series D in April this year. Legora's platform uses its core agent Legora Agent to break down and execute legal tasks, and currently covers more than 80 markets and serves more than 2,400 law firms and corporate legal teams.

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Legal AI company Legora closes $550 million Series E at an $8.8 billion valuation

Swedish legal AI company Legora announced the completion of a $550 million Series E funding round at a post-money valuation of $8.8 billion, led by Atreides Management, with new investors including JPMorgan and Fidelity participating. The company said its annual recurring revenue has exceeded $200 million, taking less than six months to go from $100 million to $200 million, and this round's valuation is up about 57% from the $5.6 billion Series D in April this year. Legora's platform uses its core agent Legora Agent to break down and execute tasks, offers Tabular Review for batch review and a Word plugin for drafting and revising contracts, and currently covers more than 80 markets, serving more than 2,400 law firms and corporate legal teams.

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Legal AI company Legora completes $550 million Series E funding at an $8.8 billion valuation

Stockholm-based legal AI startup Legora announced the completion of $550 million in late-stage funding at a post-money valuation of $8.8 billion, led by Atreides Management, with new investors including Baron Capital, Capital Group, Fidelity, and J.P. Morgan participating, and existing investors Accel, Benchmark, and Bessemer all following on. After this round, the company has raised a cumulative $866 million, with ARR now exceeding $200 million, having grown from $1 million to $100 million in under 18 months. Legora provides legal AI agents and currently serves more than 140,000 legal professionals across 80 markets and over 2,400 law firms and corporate legal teams; the funds will be used for expansion in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, and to increase investment in its agentic legal operating system aOS.

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Swedish legal AI company Legora closes $550 million Series E at an $8.8 billion valuation

Swedish legal AI company Legora announced the close of a $550 million Series E round at an $8.8 billion valuation, up from $5.6 billion at its Series D six months earlier. The round was led by new investor Atreides Management, with new investors including Baron Capital, Capital Group, Fidelity, Glade Brook Capital Partners and JP Morgan participating, while existing investors such as Accel, Benchmark and Bessemer Venture Partners continued to follow on. Legora said its technology is shifting from an AI assistant to an AI agent capable of executing multi-step tasks; in-house legal teams accounted for more than 40% of new customers added in the third quarter, the United States has become its largest market, and the new funding will be used for expansion in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific as well as investment in its agent operating system.