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← See today's latestAlma's $17M, Manifest OS scales fast, immigration law goes AI-native
Alma raises $17M Series A
Immigration law is now AI-native from day one.
Alma, founded in 2024 by former Cooley associate Aizada Marat, ex-Uber engineer Shuo Chen, and former Step product manager Assel Tuleubayeva, closed a $17 million Series A led by Bling Capital with backing from Forerunner, MVP Ventures, Interplay VC, and GSBackers [Quelle: Law.com]. The firm combines legal services with software to cut processing time and cost on employment visas and international hiring by automating manual workflows that traditionally required paralegal overhead.
Watch whether this startup model—lawyers plus software, not lawyers or software—becomes the template for other practice verticals.
Manifest OS hits $750M at Series A
Immigration law's infrastructure layer just proved valuations.
Manifest OS, an AI-backed law firm infrastructure platform, raised $60 million in Series A funding in April 2026 at a $750 million post-money valuation led by Menlo Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, First Round Capital, and Quiet Capital [Quelle: Landbase]. The platform operates more than 3,000 client engagements and 100-plus immigration attorneys, blending workflow software with operational infrastructure and fixed-price service models to standardize what has traditionally been ad-hoc legal delivery.
The speed from Series A to full operational scale suggests immigration tech is consolidating faster than other practice areas.
Lawhive moves $40M Series A to U.S.
UK legal tech just proved the U.S. expansion playbook works.
Lawhive, which raised £9.5 million in seed funding in April 2024 from GV and TQ Ventures, completed a $40 million Series A eight months later to fund U.S. market entry, with participation from existing and new investors [Quelle: Landbase]. The platform pairs legal workflow software with an AI assistant for research, case work, and administrative tasks, targeting smaller law firms and consumer legal services across both markets.
The Series A pace mirrors Xapien's Boston relocation from two days ago, signaling transatlantic legal tech now runs on U.S.-sized capital rounds.
'AI Native' Immigration Law Firm Alma Announces $17M in Series A ...18 hours ago ... Self-described 'AI-Native" immigration law firm Alma announced Monday that it raised $17 million in a Series A funding round led by venture capital firm ...law.com