Qanooni, the UAE-based legal technology startup, has announced the successful closure of a $2 million pre-seed investment round, led by Village Global, Salica Investments’ Oryx Fund, TA Ventures, and a group of strategic angel investors.
Founded by Anuscha Iqbal, Ziyaad Ahmed, and Karim Shiyab, Qanooni is building a revolutionary AI-powered platform tailored for legal professionals. The platform integrates seamlessly into tools lawyers already use – Outlook and Word – eliminating the need for additional software or complex interfaces.
Qanooni empowers law firms and legal departments to:
- Prepare and review legal documents with speed and accuracy
- Integrate directly with document management systems
- Leverage AI that adapts to a lawyer’s tone, writing style, and standards
The $2M raise will be used to accelerate the company’s expansion across the UAE and UK, while also enhancing its proprietary AI technologies for legal workflows.
This investment highlights growing investor confidence in LegalTech solutions that not only improve productivity but also seamlessly blend into professionals’ existing digital ecosystems.
The Qanooni team also thanked their early supporters, including Ben Casnocha, Sri Batchu, Josh Rodger, Viktoriya Tigipko, Andrew Verbitsky, Jimmy Stone, Nicholas Nottebohm, CFA, Ashish Shetty, and Miguel Rodrigues.
As Qanooni prepares to scale its operations, this funding positions the startup at the forefront of AI-powered legal transformation in the MENA and European regions.
