Lawhive raises £43.9m to automate consumer legal work with AI system
This article covers Lawhive, a legaltech startup, raising £43.9m ($60m) in a growth funding round to accelerate expansion across the US and further develop an AI operating system for consumer legal work. The funding aims to support rapid US roll-out and product development to automate routine legal tasks and expand access to consumer legal services.
Lawhive, a legaltech startup, has raised £43.9m ($60m) in a growth funding round to accelerate its expansion across the US and further develop an AI operating system aimed at handling everyday consumer legal work more efficiently. The funding unlocks rapid US roll-out while underscoring investor appetite for technology that tackles a large, under-served legal services market.
Why it matters
The consumer legal market in the US generates roughly $200bn a year, yet analysts estimate up to $1trn in legal needs go unmet because of cost, delay and manual processes. Lawhive’s model targets this gap by automating administrative work and standard legal tasks, with the aim of making services cheaper, faster and more predictable for ordinary people and more productive for lawyers.
The company says annualised revenue has passed £25.6m ($35m) after sevenfold growth in 12 months. Lawhive now operates in 35 US states, plans to reach all 50, and runs teams across the US and the UK. Those metrics make the business one to watch among legaltech startups pursuing volume-driven, technology-first approaches to consumer law.
Inside the product
Lawhive has built what it describes as an AI operating system for consumer law. The platform automates document drafting, research, case management, client intake and payments, and supports back-office teams as well as practising lawyers. Its AI paralegal, named Lawrence, is positioned as a collaborative assistant that helps lawyers with casework and administrative tasks.
The company launched in the US in mid-2025 and reports rapid adoption, supported by an Austin office and a new New York office planned to support the next growth phase. In 2025 Lawhive also acquired Woodstock Legal Services in the UK, extending its footprint and operational capability there.
Who are the investors?
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 funding follows a £29.3m ($40m) Series A a year earlier and is intended to fund US expansion and product development.
In the announcement, Mitch Rales, co-founder of Danaher Corporation, said:
Lawhive is democratizing 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.
In the announcement, Schuster Tanger, co-founding partner of TQ Ventures, said:
What sets Lawhive apart is its business model scales as quickly as its technology and operating leverage improves. Cutting-edge agentic AI, strong fundamentals and a clear opportunity to capture a fragmented market are rare. We believe Lawhive, with its remarkable pace of domination thus far, is on track to be the global champion of consumer law.
In the announcement, Vidu Shanmugarajah, partner at GV, said:
For too long, consumer legal services have been expensive, slow and out of reach for many people. Lawhive is changing that by using technology to make high-quality legal help more accessible without compromising on standards. That focus on access and outcomes for consumers is why we’ve continued to support the company as it scales across the US.
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Founder perspective
In the announcement, Pierre Proner, CEO and co-founder of Lawhive, said:
The pace of growth over the past year reflects the scale of the problem we are tackling. 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.
Proner frames the business as an operationally focused technology company that partners with lawyers rather than replacing them, emphasising system-level efficiency gains and consistency of outcomes as the route to wider access.
The bigger picture
Lawhive’s raise highlights two wider trends in legaltech: investor interest in repeatable, product-led models that can be deployed across a fragmented market of small firms, and continued bets on generative and agent-style AI applied to regulated professional services. Its cross-Atlantic footprint — an acquisition in the UK combined with fast US roll-out — also reflects how some companies are using UK operations as a staging ground for broader expansion.
The deal will be watched by legaltech investors and incumbents alike for signs of whether AI-driven workflows can materially lower costs without compromising quality or regulatory obligations. For the UK market, Lawhive’s activity underscores the continuing role of UK-founded legaltech companies in attracting significant transatlantic capital and exporting product and operating models overseas.
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