Orbital Raises $60 Million To Scale AI For Real Estate Legal Work

Orbital has closed a $60M Series B led by Brighton Park Capital, with backing from RELX’s venture arm and The LegalTech Fund, as it expands in the U.S.

Key points:

  • Orbital has raised $60 million in Series B funding to expand its AI-driven real estate legal platform.
  • The round includes strategic backing from RELX’s venture arm and The LegalTech Fund.
  • The company is accelerating U.S. expansion and investing further in domain-specific AI development.

Orbital, an artificial intelligence-powered platform focused on real estate legal work, has completed a $60 million Series B funding round, marking one of the larger recent raises in the legal technology sector. The company, which operates out of London and New York, announced the financing on Monday.

The round was led by Brighton Park Capital and included participation from The LegalTech Fund and REV, the venture arm of RELX, the parent company of LexisNexis. Additional investors included Moderne Ventures and global real estate firm Grosvenor Group, according to details reported by Legaltech News.

Founded in 2018 by Will Pearce and Ed Boulle, Orbital began as an effort to apply artificial intelligence to satellite imagery for real estate analysis. Both founders previously worked at Satellite Applications Catapult, a U.K.-based organization focused on commercial uses of satellite data. After early feedback from investors and potential customers, the company pivoted toward legal workflows tied to real estate transactions and asset management.

Pearce, now Orbital’s chief executive, said the opportunity lies in a segment of legal work that has changed little over decades. Real estate transactions remain heavily document-driven and tax-intensive, with substantial legal review conducted by law firms, title companies, investors and in-house teams. Orbital’s platform applies a combination of generative and traditional AI models to tasks such as due diligence, drafting, contract management and title review.

The platform is designed to process large volumes of real estate documents and related data, while accounting for asset-specific context and market standards. In addition to language models, Orbital is using computer vision technology to interpret maps, surveys and other visual records that are central to property transactions.

Customers include law firms, corporate legal departments, investors, property managers and title companies. The latest funding will support further product development and international growth, with a particular focus on the United States.

Orbital opened its first U.S. office in New York in 2025 and plans to establish additional offices in cities such as Chicago and Austin this year, targeting major hubs of real estate activity. The company also intends to continue investing in its U.K. operations.

The investment adds to an active period for The LegalTech Fund, which has expanded its portfolio and launched a second fund in recent years. RELX’s venture arm has also increased its exposure to legal AI, participating in significant funding rounds for companies such as Harvey and personal injury-focused platform EvenUp, reflecting broader interest from established legal information providers in next-generation legal technology.

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