Legal.io Newsletter - October 1, 2021

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Legal.io Newsletter - October 1, 2021

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BigLaw Vs. In-House - By the Numbers - According to Legal Evolution, gathering numbers from the U.S. BLS, in-house is growing much faster than other sectors (namely, government and law firms). More here. 

AngelList Launches AngelList Stack - The program is a suite of products aimed at helping founders start, operate, and maintain ownership over their companies. More here. 

Malbek Secures $15.3M - The Series A funding signals a new wave of CLM investment interest. The funding round was led by Noro-Moseley Partners with TDF Ventures and Osage Venture Partners. More here. 

SoftBank Makes 1st #LegalTech Investments - SoftBank invested in the IP protection startup, MarqVision, contributing to the $5M Seed round with Y Combinator. ContractPodAI raised $115M in a funding round also led by Softbank, making two #legaltech investments for the Japan-based conglomerate in one week. More here and here.

Robin AI Chosen to Join Applied AI Accelerator Program - The NLP-driven contract review ALSP company is one of 32 companies to join the Tech Nation program, backed by Wilson Sonsini, and is the only #legaltech business to join thus far. More here. 

Zuva Completes $15.75M Series A - the Kira Systems API-driven platform company secured the funding round with Insight Partners and Litera's owner Hg contributing. More here.

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