CrowdJustice, a crowdfunding platform for legal cases, has raised a $2m Seed round.
The London-founded startup secured the funding from Venrock, First Round Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners and Kindred Capital.
Founded in 2015 by former United Nations lawyer Julia Salasky, CrowdJustice aims to democratise access to the legal system.
It claims to have helped hundreds of cases raise over $3m in legal costs, including Supreme Court cases and a “people’s challenge” to Brexit in the UK, which won in the Supreme Court.
“It’s never been a more important time to ensure that the law can be used by anyone, large or small, to defend and protect rights, or hold the government to account,” said Salasky, who is also the firm’s CEO.
“At CrowdJustice our goal is simple – revolutionise how legal cases are organised and funded, level the playing field and democratise access to justice. Whether that’s a David bringing a case against a Goliath, or a non-profit holding the government to account, we want to give people access to the law,” she added.
The $2m funding round will be used to expand CrowdJustice’s model from the UK to the US. The firm currently employs 14 people in offices in New York and London, including head of content Colin Whitlow, formerly senior strategist at YouTube; and head of legal and external relations Kip Wainscott, who previously worked at the White House, where he helped the Obama Administration advance a number of priorities related to social justice.
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