Tiger Global Leads $11.6 Million Round in Legal.io

<p><strong>SAN FRANCISCO<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Legal&period;io&comma; an enterprise marketplace for legal talent and technology&comma; has raised an &dollar;11&period;6 million Series-A round led by Tiger Global&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Legal&period;io is used by companies such as Medallia&comma; Nextdoor and Zoom Video Communications Inc&period; to hire top legal talent&period; By creating a Legal&period;io profile&comma; legal professionals can get matched to roles that fit their specific expertise and career goals&period; The platform allows enterprise companies to hire for contract and permanent roles&comma; with a focus on quality&comma; speed and transparency&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Lawyers and legal teams are demanding more flexibility in the way they work&comma;” said Pieter Gunst&comma; CEO of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cts&period;businesswire&period;com&sol;ct&sol;CT&quest;id&equals;smartlink&amp&semi;url&equals;http&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Flegal&period;io&amp&semi;esheet&equals;52588849&amp&semi;newsitemid&equals;20220303005186&amp&semi;lan&equals;en-US&amp&semi;anchor&equals;Legal&period;io&amp&semi;index&equals;4&amp&semi;md5&equals;84982df037d6687c761667d07675dc7e" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" shape&equals;"rect">Legal&period;io<&sol;a>&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Enterprises increasingly leverage technology and data to streamline legal operations&comma; and this is happening company wide across Legal&comma; Compliance&comma; and Trust and Safety&period; Companies and candidates are excited by our ability to match them with a level of precision that only a vertical-specific marketplace can provide&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition to Legal&period;io’s talent marketplace&comma; legal professionals can access a community of peers and salary and pricing data&period; Over 7&comma;500 attorneys&comma; legal operations and trust &amp&semi; safety professionals have joined the Legal&period;io network&comma; with over 3&comma;500 members looking for a new role&period; 52&percnt; of professionals hired through Legal&period;io were women&comma; and 42&percnt; were diverse candidates&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tiger Global led the company’s round&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Legal&period;io already serves over a dozen of our portfolio companies&period; We have great confidence in their potential to become the leading enterprise marketplace for legal services&comma;” said Griffin Schroeder&comma; Partner&comma; Tiger Global&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This funding will enable us to expand our professional network and corporate team&period; Growing the network and our data-set will empower us to continue delivering superior talent at the most cutting-edge in-house legal and legal operations departments&comma;” said Gunst&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ZeroWidthSpace;&ZeroWidthSpace;Legal&period;io plans to significantly grow its community of legal professionals in 2022&comma; and is hiring for several positions in enterprise sales&comma; legal recruiting&comma; and growth marketing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;