Lawhive, a LegalTech company transforming how consumer legal services are delivered, has raised £44 million in Series B funding to accelerate its expansion across the US.
Lawhive, live in 35 states and targeting a presence in all 50, plans to scale its model of building the world’s first ‘AI-native consumer law firm’.
In addition to Lawhive’s Austin office, a New York office is being opened to support this next stage of US growth.
The round was led by Mitch Rales, co-founder of Danaher Corporation, with participation from TQ Ventures, GV (Google Ventures), Balderton Capital, Jigsaw, Anton Levy and LTS.
The investment comes within a year of Lawhive’s $40m Series A, which included England footballers. In 2024 it raised £9.5m seed funding. Annual revenue now exceeds $35m, having grown sevenfold in the past year.
Lawhive has developed its own AI operating system to reduce the time, cost and administrative burden associated with everyday legal matters, enabling cases to be handled with greater speed, consistency and predictability.
The company created the world’s first AI-native law firm in 2023, now powered by 450 lawyers across the US and UK, practicing through Lawhive’s AI-operating system.
To date, Lawhive has helped tens of thousands of clients navigate family law, landlord and tenant disputes, property transactions, civil disputes, and consumer rights matters. Demand is being driven both by consumers who want faster, more affordable access to their legal rights, and by lawyers who want to be more productive, profitable and efficient by leveraging AI to scale their legal practices.
“The pace of growth over the past year reflects the scale of the problem we are tackling,” said Pierre Proner, CEO and co-founder.
“Everyday legal matters remain costly and unpredictable for millions of people, while lawyers are held back by manual processes that limit their efficiency and scale of their legal practices.
“AI is finally making it possible to achieve a breakthrough in delivering consumer legal services with the speed and consistency people expect.
“The reaction from lawyers and clients in the US has been exceptionally strong, and this funding allows us to build on US momentum and scale our model.”
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In 2025 Lawhive completed the acquisition of Woodstock Legal Services in the UK. Lawhive now plans to expand their model in the US, where the consumer legal market is highly fragmented and dominated by thousands of small firms that lack modern infrastructure.
Lawhive’s technology supports lawyers and back-office teams by automating tasks such as document drafting, research, case management, client intake and payments. Lawhive’s AI paralegal, Lawrence, works alongside lawyers and support staff to collaborate on casework and administrative tasks.
Rales, co-founder of Danaher Corporation, said: “Lawhive is democratising legal services by providing access to high quality and transparent consumer legal services. I’m excited for my business building firm, New Bearing, to partner with Lawhive’s talented management team to build operational excellence into everything that Lawhive does for consumers and lawyers.
“Pierre, his co-founders and I share a mindset that we are building Lawhive for the next decades ahead of us.”
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