Superpanel raises $5.3m to automate legal client intake, helping firms process 5x more inquiries

Superpanel raises $5.3m to scale AI intake for law firms

Superpanel, an AI intake platform for law firms, has raised US$5.3 million in a round co-led by Outlander VC and Field Ventures. LOI Venture, Zenda Capital, 8-Bit Capital, and Behind Genius Ventures also invested.

The company plans to use the capital for hiring and to broaden its product capabilities. Founded in 2024 by Julien Emery and Dingyu Zhang, Superpanel is focused on streamlining how firms qualify and onboard prospective clients.

What Superpanel does

• Automates client intake, document collection, and case qualification.
• Configurable workflows to fit each firm's practice areas, screening criteria, and conflicts checks.
• Built-in compliance features for privacy, security, and auditability.

According to the company, its system has already evaluated over 150,000 people. In beta, firms reported the platform handled more than half of intake workloads and enabled up to 5x more inquiries without adding headcount.

Why big legal tech can't easily copy this

• Compliance depth: Intake touches confidentiality, privilege, consent, and retention. Replicating policy logic, logs, and controls that satisfy risk teams takes time and rigorous validation. See ABA Model Rule 1.6 on confidentiality for context (ABA).
• Integrations that actually work: Real intake lives across phones, forms, e-sign, calendars, CRMs, and case management. Reliable two-way sync, deduping, and conflict checks are where most products break.
• Proprietary intake data: Screening outcomes, document patterns, and call transcripts create feedback loops that improve triage over time. You can't buy that dataset off the shelf.
• Model operations and iteration speed: Shipping safe changes to prompts, classifiers, and workflows requires QA, red-teaming, and rollback plans. Larger vendors often move slower due to product sprawl and longer approval cycles.
• Buyer trust: Security reviews, references, and proofs like SOC 2 or ISO certifications gate procurement. Established intake results shorten these cycles for focused vendors.

What this means for your firm

• Audit intake: Map every handoff from first touch to signed agreement. Flag delays, duplicate data entry, and no-shows.
• Quantify value: Track conversion rate, time-to-qualify, cost per inquiry, and utilization. Set monthly targets before a pilot.
• Pilot tightly: Start with one practice group and a clear playbook: screening criteria, doc checklist, fallback paths, and escalation rules.
• Protect data: Require DPAs, access controls, encryption, and clear data deletion timelines. Confirm audit logs cover intake decisions.
• Integrate early: List the systems that must connect (telephony, calendars, e-sign, DMS, CRM/CMS). Test conflict checks and deduping end-to-end.
• Ethics and disclosure: Align intake notices and client consent with confidentiality obligations. Reference Model Rule 1.6 in your policy (ABA).

Snapshot of the raise

• Amount: US$5.3 million
• Co-leads: Outlander VC, Field Ventures
• Other investors: LOI Venture, Zenda Capital, 8-Bit Capital, Behind Genius Ventures
• Founded: 2024 by Julien Emery and Dingyu Zhang
• Use of funds: Hiring and product growth

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