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Spotlight on ayora

Spotlight on ayora

Stefan Ciesla and Gordon McKenzie are the co-founders of legaltech start-up Ayora, the company behind the Smart Lockup Assistant, a system for improving revenue outcomes at law firms. Smart Lockup Assistant empowers fee earners to drastically improve realisation and working capital on their cases. It harnesses the power of data science to bring actionable insights

4 October 2023

Spotlight on Martello

Spotlight on Martello

Henry Crosby is the CEO and co-founder of Martello, a digital platform that is building the first live property search database to help speed up the home buying process. Henry is a geospatial data scientist by training and started his career doing a Ph.D. at the University of Warwick funded by proptech start-up Nimbus Maps,

28 September 2023

Spotlight on ApprentAI

Spotlight on ApprentAI

Or Bar and Matan-Yah Ben Zion are the founders of Israeli-based ApprentAI, a generative AI document review platform that uses an algorithmic approach to case and document analysis, helping litigators to find meaningful insights and evidence in cases to gain deeper understanding. Or started his professional journey in the Israeli Defense Forces’ Military Advocate General,

19 September 2023

Spotlight on SettleIndex

Spotlight on SettleIndex

Zac Best and Robert Hogarth are the founders of SettleIndex. Zac’s background is in digital product management and Robert was formerly a Senior Partner at RPC. SettleIndex a financial and risk modelling platform that enables lawyers to model, visualize and evaluate disputes and collect and use data to inform litigation strategy. What motivated you to

13 December 2022

How to sell to BigLaw in 30 days

How to sell to BigLaw in 30 days

Legal tech procurement does not exactly have a reputation for being expeditious. Lawyers, being famously detail-oriented, are thorough in the diligence of new software. Law firms take seriously the questions of, “does this solve a real problem?”, “will our lawyers actually use this?”, and “does it meet our security requirements?” Given lawyers’ predilection for careful

8 December 2022

Mishcon de Reya announces commercial deal with recent MDR Lab alumni Version Story

Mishcon de Reya announces commercial deal with recent MDR Lab alumni Version Story

After finishing the most recent cycle of the MDR Lab programme in late September 2022, Mishcon de Reya is delighted to announce that it has signed a new commercial agreement with US-based legal tech start-up, Version Story. Founded by Kevin O’Connell, a Stanford-trained lawyer turned software developer and Jordan Bryan software engineer, Version Story helps

1 December 2022

Should lawyers fear AI?

Should lawyers fear AI?

The answer, as with anything involving law and lawyers, is that it depends. It depends on how you think lawyers should spend their time. If you think lawyers should spend as much time as possible reading countless documents and manually tracking document versions, then yes. You should be very afraid of AI. If you think

25 November 2022

Spotlight on Amplified Global

Spotlight on Amplified Global

Minesh Patel and Jamie Stuart are the founders of Amplified Global, an intelligibility tool that helps lawyers objectively assess and simplify the language used in contracts and other legal documents, making it easier for customers and consumers to understand and engage with the content. Minesh studied marketing at university followed by a successful marketing career building digital solutions

22 November 2022

MDR Lab incubator showcase event featured in Artificial Lawyer

MDR Lab incubator showcase event featured in Artificial Lawyer

MDR Lab has been featured in Artificial Lawyer following the recent MDR Lab showcase event. The event brought together MDR Lab’s network to further explore the value-add of legal technology, with presentations from several of the companies it has supported, including Draftwise, Della, Version Story and Amplifi. Reflecting on the showcase, Artificial Lawyer’s editorial team

3 November 2022

Spotlight on Version Story

Spotlight on Version Story

Kevin O’Connell and Jordan Bryan are the founders of legal tech start-up Version Story, a version management tool that powers modern legal collaboration by helping lawyers who work in teams to compare and merge many document versions and organise a document’s history. Kevin started his career as an M&A lawyer at Simpson Thacher in New

27 September 2022

Five top tips for early-stage talent acquisition

Five top tips for early-stage talent acquisition

Entrepreneurs of early-stage start-ups deal with several challenges tasks when starting out. Ask any founders and they will tell you that hiring talent is one of the most important, but challenging things to get right.

19 July 2022

MDR Lab spin-off Least secures £1.5 million in seed funding to revolutionise the commercial leasing experience

MDR Lab spin-off Least secures £1.5 million in seed funding to revolutionise the commercial leasing experience

Least, the platform delivering a faster digital leasing experience, has announced that it has closed a £1.5 million seed funding round led by Love Ventures, and backed by Concrete Ventures, along with a group of angel investors with significant reach and experience in the real estate, legal and financial sectors. Least was founded by former

14 July 2022