Clearbrief, Product that Strengthens Legal Writing, Raises $3.5M Seed Round
Summary
I wrote last March about Clearbrief, a first-of-its-kind product designed to strengthen your legal writing, and that was backed by some big-name early investors, including Mark Britton, the founder and former CEO of Avvo; Bryan Garner, legal writing expert and editor of Black’s Law Dictionary; and Bill Neukom, longtime Microsoft general counsel. Now, Clearbrief has brought in an additional round of seed investors, with more notable names among them, bringing its total capital raised to date to $3.5 million. Its algorithm analyzes briefs and other legal documents to identify how well the writer’s sentence is supported by the cited source. Jacqueline Schafer, a former litigator who is Clearbrief’s founder and CEO, said this investment will be used to “supercharge” the company’s growth among law firms and court systems by expanding both engineering and sales and marketing. “It’s a magical experience for lawyers to be able to instantly identify where their opponent is stretching the truth as compared to what the police report, transcript, or statute actually says,” Schafer said.