DocuSign, the world's leading e-signature provider and contract manager, introduced DocuSign Ventures, a new investment initiative to target the growing ecosystem of entrepreneurs and startups in the legal tech sector.

Legal tech company PERSUIT announced it has raised $20 million in its Series A funding led by OpenView. The company will use the resources to invest in accelerated capabilities across its product range and enhanced data insights to best support and grow its customers.

UK law firm Burges Salmon announced the launch of a new technology platform - BScale - which provides legal services for start-ups, scale-ups, founders and investors, to support fast-growth companies in the technology sector throughout their life-cycle.

ContractPodAi, the London based provider of AI-powered contract lifecycle management (CLM), announced a USD $115 million Series C investment headed by SoftBank Vision Fund. This latest round saw ContractPodAi’s valuation increase 5x from its previous Series B round in 2019.

Onit, Inc., a provider of enterprise workflow and artificial intelligence platforms and solutions, including enterprise legal management, contract lifecycle management and business process automation, announced that it has acquired BusyLamp, a premier provider of legal spend and matter management software for European corporate legal departments.