Checkr
Hiring
What they do:
People infrastructure for the future of work
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Top Legal Tech Startups
This list has 251 startups and was last updated on Oct 15, 2026. 95 of them are hiring right now. Biggest hubs: San Francisco (107), New York (49), and Boston (9). Largest teams: Legora, Checkr, and Ironclad. Latest round: Onebrief raised $151M (Oct 14, 2026).
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Legora
Hiring
What they do:
The agentic operating system for legal work
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$442M · Equity · Mar 2026
Ironclad
Hiring
What they do:
AI-powered contract management
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Vanta
Hiring
What they do:
Vanta—the proven leader in automated compliance helping startups…
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Veriff is a global AI-native identity platform building trust online
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HQ: Tallinn, Estonia
What they do:
Defender of rights and liberties
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
TRM Labs
Hiring
What they do:
TRM is building a safer world for billions of people.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Onebrief makes military headquarters run seamlessly
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HQ: Honolulu, HI, United States
Funding:
$151M · Equity · Oct 2026
What they do:
IP operating software for brands and content companies
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HQ: Los Angeles, CA, United States
InEvent
Hiring
What they do:
In-Person, Hybrid and Virtual Event Management Software
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HQ: Atlanta, GA, United States
Numeral
Hiring
What they do:
The AI-native sales tax solution.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Recidiviz
Hiring
What they do:
Helping create a smaller, fairer, safer justice system
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
What they do:
Bring Justice to Light
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Promise
Hiring
What they do:
Better payment systems for governments and the communities they serve.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
PermitFlow
Hiring
What they do:
Construction's AI Platform
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Hadrius
Hiring
What they do:
Automating Securities Compliance
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Oneleet
Hiring
What they do:
YC's most popular security compliance platform (SOC 2, ISO 27001,…
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HQ: Amsterdam, Netherlands
What they do:
"Which parts of my legal department can I actually delegate to AI?" That question now drives the conversations Chamelio has with customers like Wiz, monday.com, and Socure, and the answer is changing who does the…
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$26M · Sep 2026
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VoltR, a French manufacturer of eco-designed lithium batteries, has secured €22 million to accelerate its industrialisation. This financing combines a €16 million equity investment and €6 million in grants secured…
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HQ: France
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€22M · Oct 2026
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Artificial intelligence-driven law firm Arceus Legal today disclosed that it has raised $17 million in funding to expand beyond the commercial contract work it started with. Arceus provides legal services to…
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$17M · Oct 2026
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Pandektes, a Copenhagen-based LegalTech company specialising in legal research, has raised €13.5 million in a Series A funding round. The round was led by Alstin Capital, a Munich-based early-stage venture capital…
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HQ: Copenhagen, Denmark
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€13.5M · Series A · Oct 2026
Forage
Hiring
What they do:
Payments powering people
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
AiPrise
Hiring
What they do:
AI-powered Global Compliance Platform
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
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Most compliance software tells a fintech what needs to get done, then leaves the work to a person. A former Davis Polk attorney who spent years inside DailyPay and Kafene says that gap explains why companies treat…
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$4.6M · Oct 2026
Flagright
Hiring
What they do:
AI-native AML compliance platform for fintechs & banks
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
GovDash
Hiring
What they do:
AI platform to win and run government contracts
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
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Datasaur builds private AI/agents for enterprise/government
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Draftwise
Hiring
What they do:
Contract and negotiation AI built for lawyers
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Firstbase.io
Hiring
What they do:
The all-in-one startup operating system
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Agency
Hiring
What they do:
Agency replaces traditional security and compliance headcount with AI.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
Solve Intelligence
Hiring
What they do:
AI patent drafting, prosecution, litigation and more for legal teams.
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HQ: London, United Kingdom
Notabene
Hiring
What they do:
The Notabene platform is the trust layer for global money movement.
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HQ: New York, NY, United States
What they do:
The talent platform for legal
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HQ: Austin, TX, United States
Aurelian
Hiring
What they do:
Automating non-emergency calls for 911 centers
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HQ: Seattle, WA, United States
Legalist
Hiring
What they do:
Legal investment firm
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Just Appraised
Hiring
What they do:
Just Appraised makes software for local governments.
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HQ: San Francisco, CA, United States
Questions and answers
How many startups are on this list?
There are 251 startups on this list, last updated on Oct 15, 2026.
Which of them are hiring?
95 of them are hiring right now, including Checkr, Legora, and Ironclad.
Which of them have the largest teams?
By team size: Legora (900 employees), Checkr (800 employees), and Ironclad (700 employees).
Which of them raised money recently?
Latest rounds: Onebrief — $151M Equity (Oct 2026), Leela — $4.6M (Oct 2026), and VoltR — €22M (Oct 2026).
Where are they based?
The biggest hubs are San Francisco (107), New York (49), and Boston (9).