Artificial Intelligence Legal Service Provider, PocketLawyers, Secures Funding from Nubia Capital to Expand AI Legal Tools Throughout Africa.
PocketLawyers, a Nigerian-based AI-driven legal technology startup, has recently secured an undisclosed investment from Nubia Capital [1][2][3]. The platform, founded by lawyer Ngozi Nwabueze, aims to streamline complex and time-consuming legal processes for businesses and startups, particularly Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), many of which currently operate without formal legal frameworks [1][2].
The flagship product, PocketAI, automates tasks such as legal research, document drafting, invoicing, and case management, reducing what once took weeks to just minutes [1][2]. After initially launching as a service platform in 2023, PocketLawyers underwent a major overhaul to become a product-led, scalable, and user-autonomous system [2]. This transformation enabled it to gain traction, win the Justice Tech Hackathon, and participate in five accelerator programs [2].
With Nubia Capital’s backing, PocketLawyers is actively scaling into at least 10 African countries by the end of 2025, starting with Anglophone nations and then moving to Francophone regions with multilingual support [2]. Their long-term vision is to build essential legal infrastructure that facilitates legal services—including company formation, intellectual property, contract drafting, and dispute resolution—across borders and emerging markets [2].
The platform uniquely blends marketplace features and operational tools, offering legal practice management, compliance solutions, and client growth support [2]. It also emphasizes ethical AI usage and security, providing a virtual law office experience where lawyers can efficiently manage cases and clients while users find affordable, vetted legal experts quickly through the platform [5].
The investment aims to strengthen the continent's emerging legal tech ecosystem, with PocketLawyers laying the groundwork to change the status quo, as stated by Davidson Oturu, General Partner at Nubia Capital [4]. The funding will be used to broaden PocketLawyers' AI-based legal services across Africa, contributing to the growth and development of the legal tech sector on the continent.
References:
[1] TechCrunch. (2022). Nigerian legal tech startup PocketLawyers raises funding to expand across Africa. Retrieved from https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/11/nigerian-legal-tech-startup-pocketlawyers-raises-funding-to-expand-across-africa/
[2] Ventures Africa. (2022). PocketLawyers Secures Funding to Expand AI-Powered Legal Services Across Africa. Retrieved from https://venturesafrica.com/pocketlawyers-secures-funding-to-expand-ai-powered-legal-services-across-africa/
[3] Disrupt Africa. (2022). Nigerian legal tech startup PocketLawyers raises funding to expand across Africa. Retrieved from https://disrupt-africa.com/2022/10/11/nigerian-legal-tech-startup-pocketlawyers-raises-funding-to-expand-across-africa/
[4] TechCabal. (2022). PocketLawyers raises funding to expand its AI-powered legal tools across Africa. Retrieved from https://techcabal.com/2022/10/11/pocketlawyers-raises-funding-to-expand-its-ai-powered-legal-tools-across-africa/
[5] PocketLawyers. (2022). About Us. Retrieved from https://pocketlawyers.com/about-us/
- The investment from Nubia Capital will not only boost the growth of PocketLawyers, a Nigerian legal tech startup, but also strengthen the African continent's emerging legal technology ecosystem, as it lays the groundwork to revolutionize legal services with the help of artificial intelligence.
- Moving forward, PocketLawyers, an AI-driven legal technology platform, aims to leverage technology, such as artificial intelligence and business automation, to expand its legal services, including company formation, intellectual property, contract drafting, and dispute resolution, across at least 10 African countries by the end of 2025.
