Home grown Aussie legaltech company, LawPath, has recently raised an additional AUD$7.5 million to support its expansion into South East Asia and New Zealand, enabling them to become the next ‘legal zoom’! Co-Founder and CEO, Dom Woolrych, is on a mission to help the 87% of SMEs who don’t seek legal help because of costs and inaccessibility to legal services, and with the capital raised, LawPath’s SaaS platform will become an underlying infrastructure for legal documents across the Asia Pacific. To learn more about LawPath head to www.lawpath.com.au or to read about the capital raise head to https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/04/lawpath-gets-7-5m-aud-to-become-the
Launched in 2017 by co-founders Max Paterson and Athol Birtley, Settfiy harnesses artifical intelligence and automation to streamline the legal intake process for family law, estate planning and probate matters. A white label platform, Settify creates an intelligent engagement funnel, that results in saving time for both clients and lawyers, and enables greater conversion of propsects into clients. Settify has helped almost 80k clients and is used by over 350 plus law firms worldwide, and you can book a demo by heading https://www.settify.com.au
Did you know that it is estimated that up to 84% of people trust online reviews as much as they trust recommendations from friends? Co-Founded by Ben Farrow and the legendary professional services consultant George Beaton, Firmchecker is an independent professional services rating and review platform that was created to assist Australians to find a lawyer, accountant, conveyancer or bookkeeper. With over 8.5k firms listed and 110k (and counting) reviews, Firmchecker helps people to select and feel confident about their choice of professional services provider - such a positive tech idea! Head here to learn more - https://www.firmchecker.com.au
The Women of Australian Legal Technology Association (WALTA) have released a research paper on ‘Diversity in Legal Tech - it’s time for action’. Sponsored by PEXA and researched in partnership with Alpha Creates, the paper highlights the data around diversity in law and legal technology in both a domestic and international landscape, and then focuses on three call to actions on what can be done and how we can make a difference - greater and more eligible funding, amplifying female voices, and making women in legaltech visible. To download the full report, head to https://alta.law/research-reports/ and join the WALTA movement!
