Legal Tech Startups Raise $2.1 Billion Globally in First Half of 2026

Business Insider reported that funding to legal tech startups globally reached $2.1 billion in the first half of 2026. The publication asked a group of venture capitalists to nominate the year's most promising legal startups valued at less than $1 billion.

Atticus has received more than $100 million in total funding and helps disabled and injured Americans determine what legal help they need before connecting them with lawyers or nonprofits.

The company serves 115,000 people a year and has secured more than $7 billion in lifetime aid for clients. Ann Crady Weiss of True Ventures sits on its board. Courtroom launched from stealth in June 2026 with backing from OpenAI employees and Relativity's venture arm.

The platform lets litigation teams test their case against simulated juries and judges by uploading case materials. Elizabeth Grabowski Parikh is the CEO. Crosby has received $86 million in total funding and operates as a law firm that sells basic legal services to early-stage startups while pairing lawyers with software built on frontier models.

Ryan Daniels is the CEO. The company recently worked with Micro1 to build a benchmark for measuring how well AI models negotiate contracts. The software helps lawyers search across documents, emails, and past work and connects that knowledge to agents and workflows.

Customers include Freshfields, Holland & Knight, Cozen O'Connor, and Greenberg Traurig. Felicis and Coatue backed its $42 million Series A in November. Founders Kevin Roth, Paulina Grnarova, and Yannic Kilcher are former Google researchers based in Zurich.

GC AI has received $73 million in total funding and has close to 1,900 customers. The platform speeds up contract work for corporate legal teams by helping them draft agreements, review terms, and pull answers from documents. Cecilia Ziniti, the founder, has served as general counsel three times.