An AI platform designed specifically for real estate law, has secured a $60 million (£44m) Series B funding round as it accelerates expansion across the UK and US.
Orbital raised the funds in a round led by Brighton Park Capital (BPC), a New York-based growth fund, with the investment supporting continued scaling on both sides of the Atlantic.
It will also fund product development aimed at creating a single, secure workspace for real estate legal work across the full lifecycle of an asset.
Founded in 2018 by Will Pearce and Ed Boulle, the business has positioned itself as the UK market leader in AI for real estate legal work – a specialised area which it argues has been largely overlooked by the broader industry.
Its platform combines AI built for real estate law with mapping, spatial visualisation and real estate data, with the goal of automating the document-heavy review process in property transactions.
The company says this approach allows real estate legal work to move faster and with greater transparency, while also laying the foundations for more automated AI-driven processes in the future.
Orbital ended 2025 supporting 200,000 transactions annually across the UK and US, signalling early scale in a market where adoption is typically slow and trust requirements are high.
Its products are now used by hundreds of law firms across the AM Law 100 in the US and the UK’s Magic Circle, as well as by in-house legal teams, real estate developers, title companies and real estate investment trusts (REITs).
The latest funding will also be used to expand the firm’s presence in the US following the opening of its New York office in 2025, with the company planning to double headcount and establish additional US hubs to strengthen its customer coverage.
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Alongside Brighton Park Capital, the Series B also attracted backing from investors across both the legal and real estate sectors.
New investors in the round include REV, the venture capital arm of RELX, which owns LexisNexis Legal & Professional; The LegalTech Fund; Moderne Ventures; and Grosvenor Group, which is an existing Orbital customer.
Existing investors including JLL Spark, Outward and Seedcamp also participated.
The business, which also has a base in London, has now raised $75m to date.
“Real estate is, by far, the world’s largest asset class,” said Orbital CEO and co-founder, Will Pearce.
“Yet the legal work that underpins it remains slow, fragmented and largely manual: opaque work that in many cases hasn’t meaningfully changed since the 19th century.
“Orbital is changing that with AI purpose-built for real estate, making transactions more transparent and reliable for all parties. This funding round brings together investors and operators who understand these challenges firsthand and share our conviction that the real estate legal category is ready for transformation.
“With their support, we’re accelerating our US expansion and extending Orbital’s potential across the full real estate transaction lifecycle – fundamentally improving how work gets done for the professionals who operate within it, and for everyone who derives value from real estate.”
Kevin Magan, partner at Brighton Park Capital who will be joining the Orbital board, added: “We recognised immediately that Orbital is targeting a critical gap in the legal AI sector.
“Real estate law is one of the most complex legal markets globally, yet it has remained dramatically under-automated.
“Orbital’s focus on accuracy, real estate domain expertise, and real-world workflows positions them to define a new category in legal automation.
“We are incredibly excited to partner with Orbital in this next stage of growth as they expand more aggressively into the US market.”