GitLaw unveils contract agent for startups and SMEs, raises $3M pre-seed led by Jackson Square Ventures
SAN FRANCISCO and BIRMINGHAM, England - GitLaw has launched an AI agent that drafts, redlines, and reviews contracts in minutes, built specifically for startups and small businesses. The company also announced a $3 million pre-seed round led by Jackson Square Ventures, with Flex Capital, Background Capital, and angel investors participating.
The agent sits on top of a library of 1,000+ lawyer-approved templates contributed and vetted by verified legal experts in the US and UK. The goal: make high-quality legal documents accessible for free, without pushing founders into risky, generic AI outputs.
Why this matters to legal teams
Most small businesses don't have in-house counsel, and external support adds up quickly. GitLaw says its agent can automate 80-90% of common contract work, cutting turnaround times and costs while keeping documents grounded in standard, reviewed language.
"Commercially-minded lawyers won't be out of work, but most day-to-day contract work can now be done faster, cheaper, and often more accurately by automation," says Nick Holzherr, Founder and CEO.
Built for business, not law firms
GitLaw's focus is practical: get founders and operators to a clean, defensible draft fast. The agent supports NDAs, SaaS agreements, investor documents, and more, using verified templates as the foundation rather than ad-hoc model outputs.
It can also review or compare incoming agreements against those standards, highlighting gaps, deviations, and risk-heavy insertions.
Guardrails that matter
Holzherr calls out a common problem with generic tools: "Some only read a fraction of a contract, but still claim to have read it all." GitLaw's agent orchestrates multiple models and workflows to mirror how a diligent lawyer would handle the task-comprehensive intake, structured analysis, and precise edits.
This isn't a one-shot prompt. It's a system designed to follow the whole document, apply policy, and produce tracked, reviewable changes.
Funding and momentum
The $3M pre-seed round is led by Jackson Square Ventures and fuels product development and expansion across the US and UK. "The market for legal services is enormous and badly underserved, especially for startups and small businesses that can't afford traditional legal help," says Greg Gretsch, Founding Partner and Managing Director of Jackson Square Ventures.
"Nick has a rare combination of technical depth and market vision and we have no doubt he'll drive GitLaw to be the go-to legal infrastructure for this part of the market."
Practical ways legal teams can use GitLaw now
- Set up standard playbooks for NDAs, vendor MSAs, DPAs, and SaaS terms; let the agent generate first drafts and redlines.
- Compare third-party paper against your templates and policy; flag clauses that exceed your risk posture.
- Create guided intake for business users to reduce back-and-forth and improve data capture at the start.
- Use tracked changes to preserve reviewability; lock final terms and store for audit and renewal reminders.
- Define fallback positions for negotiation and prompt the agent to stick to approved ranges.
- Maintain template governance: version control, clause libraries, and jurisdictional variants for US/UK.
- Check data handling: storage location, access controls, and privilege workflows before wide rollout.
Access and availability
GitLaw's free plan is live, providing immediate access to its contract library and automation tools. Start at git.law.
GitLaw operates in the US and UK with a distributed team, and the platform is built for businesses. It is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice.
Company background
Founded in 2025 by serial entrepreneur Nick Holzherr, GitLaw started by opening hundreds of free legal templates from organizations, lawyers, firms, and investors. The new agent builds on that base with automation, collaboration features, and a cleaner UX for business users and legal teams.
The team previously built Whisk, acquired by Samsung, and brings that product rigor to legal workflows-structured reasoning, trusted templates, and fast iteration.
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