Legal tech startup Valla has secured a seed investment of £2m.
The Edinburgh firm’s platform offers guidance on staff dealing with workplace disputes, including letter and document templates, tribunal claim assistance and a toolkit explaining the process.
The Valla platform also offers coaching and access to webinars and other educational events.
Employment tribunals can often be slow, complex processes, with a backlog of around 50,000 cases. Valla claims its service, founded in 2020, has so far supported legal cases for 12,000 workers.
“The legal world is experiencing its own watershed moment, AI is completely redrawing who can access justice – but ordinary people are being left behind,” said Danae Shell, founder of Valla.
“We are flipping this on its head by putting powerful, tailor-made legal tools directly into workers’ hands, not just those with deep pockets.”
The round was led by Ada Ventures and Active Partners.
“Valla exemplifies precisely the kind of game-changing vision we’re passionate about supporting,” said Check Warner, founding partner at Ada Ventures.
“They have spotted a vast, overlooked market and used emerging technology to create an innovative new solution that was impossible even a few years ago.
“As AI reshapes traditional legal billing models, Valla’s transparent, accessible approach perfectly positions them to become the definitive platform for workplace rights.”
Last year Ada Ventures raised $80m (£59m) for an investment fund targeting diverse impact startups.
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