SUMMARY
- Jhana.ai raises $1.6M led by Girish Mathrubootham’s Together Fund to enhance AI legal tech tools.
- The Bengaluru startup provides AI-driven legal research tools, founded by McGlone, Chakravarthy, and Hoffner-Brodsky.
- Prominent investors and tech programs like Jio GenNext and AWS back jhana.ai’s legal-tech platform.
The legal tech startup jhana.ai has raised $1.6 million in its first investment round, headed by Girish Mathrubootham, cofounder of Freshworks, and his venture capital firm Together Fund. The new funding will be used to create AI models and private databases. Additionally, some of the money will be used to pay researchers in AI and law.
Angel investor Shyamal Anadkat, former VMWare executive Scott Davis, co-founders of Razorpay, Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar, Kunal Shah of CRED, and angel investors Cory Levy and Ojas Shukla also participated in the round.
The Bengaluru-based legal-tech startup jhana.ai was founded in 2022 by Em McGlone, Hemanth Bharatha Chakravarthy, and Benjamin Hoffner-Brodsky. The firm provides Indian attorneys and law firms with an AI-powered tool for legal research and drafting.
Manav Jha, managing partner of Together Fund stated, “jhana’s AI-driven paralegal solution has the potential to transform how legal professionals operate, enhancing efficiency and accessibility within the domestic market. We look forward to partnering with the team as they continue to redefine the future of legal support.”
Additionally, the platform states that it has been supported by the likes of Jio GenNext, AWS Public Sector Startup Hub, Microsoft Founders Hub, and Google Cloud Startups Program.
