Donna O'Leary

The company, whose Irish operations are led by former Mason Hayes & Curran LLP solicitor and Cork native Donna O’Leary, was recently selected as the AI provider for the Bar of Ireland.

It has now increased its headcount to 60 following its establishment in Ireland back in March when it created an initial 30 roles on the back of a seed funding round of more than €6 million. It has now announced a further cash injection that brings its total funding to €17m ($20m) to support its global expansion.

Commenting on the new Series A funding, Donna O’Leary, director and head of Newcode AI Ireland, said: “This funding is another very exciting milestone in Newcode’s continued international expansion, and facilitates our ongoing scale-up in Ireland which now sees our headcount increase to 60. We are continuing to drive the business here, with the Bar of Ireland the latest to join our rapidly growing roster of clients and are focused on exploring further market opportunities that enables our customers to run intelligent, auditable, and context-aware workflows that harness AI.”

The Series A funding round was led by OnDean Forward with significant participation from The LegalTech Fund, alongside Antiportfolio Ventures, Relativity investment arm Rel Labs, and existing investors.

Newcode now serves more than 60 law firms and government agencies across Europe and the United States.