--- title: LinkSquares raises $4.8M Seed Extension description: LinkSquares CEO Vishal Sunak comments on the recent seed extension fundraise and what it means for the future of the company. image: https://blog.linksquares.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/LinkSquares_Team_2019.jpeg --- [Skip to content](https://blog.linksquares.com/linksquares-raises-seed-extension#main-content) [LinkSquares](https://blog.linksquares.com/) Open Mobile Menu [LinkSquares](https://linksquares.com/) Close Mobile Menu [Why LinkSquares](https://linksquares.com/why-linksquares/) [Products](https://linksquares.com/products/) --- [The LinkSquares Cloud One platform for all your in-house legal needs](https://linksquares.com/products/linksquares-cloud/) --- Contract Lifecycle Management Create, review, manage and sign contracts Legal Project Management Centralize your work and keep projects moving Cross-product capabilities Get scalability, efficiency and connectivity LinkSquares Onboarding Experience A step by step guide to get started today --- [Solutions](https://linksquares.com/solutions/) [Customer Stories](https://linksquares.com/customers/) Resources Content [LinkSquares+ Content curated for in-house leaders](https://linksquares.com/plus/) [The Library](https://linksquares.com/library/) In the studio [Demo Library](https://linksquares.com/demo-library/) Community & Events [Customer Stories](https://linksquares.com/customers/) [Events & Webinars](https://linksquares.com/events/) Learning [Blog](https://blog.linksquares.com/) [In-House Insights](https://linksquares.com/inhouse-insights/) [Knowledge Base](https://help.linksquares.com/) [Events](https://linksquares.com/events/) [About Us](https://linksquares.com/about-us/) [Careers](https://linksquares.com/careers/) [Press](https://blog.linksquares.com/tag/linksquares-news-press) [Pricing](https://linksquares.com/pricing/) [Request a demo](https://linksquares.com/demo-request/) Back Close Mobile Menu [Contract Lifecycle Management](https://linksquares.com/products/) [Finalize Streamline your contract creation process](https://linksquares.com/products/finalize/) [Sign Get your contracts executed faster](https://linksquares.com/products/sign/) [Analyze Your post-signature analytics & repository](https://linksquares.com/products/analyze/) [CLM Suite One platform to rule them all](https://linksquares.com/products/) [Request a demo](https://linksquares.com/demo-request/) Back Close Mobile Menu [Legal Project Management](https://linksquares.com/products/) [Prioritize Manage, track, and report on legal work in one place](https://linksquares.com/products/prioritize/) [Request a demo](https://linksquares.com/demo-request/) Back Close Mobile Menu [Cross-product capabilities](https://linksquares.com/products/) [LinkAI Predictive and generative AI](https://linksquares.com/products/analyze/features/ai/) [Integrations Connect the tools you love](https://linksquares.com/integrations/) [Reporting Improve your teams efficiency with KPIs](https://linksquares.com/products/analyze/features/dashboard/) [API Integrate with any third-party app](https://linksquares.com/integrations/linksquares-api/) [Request a demo](https://linksquares.com/demo-request/) Back Close Mobile Menu [Cross-product capabilities](https://linksquares.com/products/) [Onboarding We're here for you from day one](https://linksquares.com/onboarding-services/) [Services Short on time? 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I’m proud of the work we’ve done over the last year and I want to share my thoughts with you. But first, a trip down memory lane. The words “we’re going to be a legal tech company” were never mentioned when LinkSquares was founded in 2015. In fact, I didn’t even know that legal technology was a category. In 2014, my co-founder Chris Combs and I were working at Backupify, seeing and hearing first hand the process it took to be acquired by Datto. It was during this transaction we first felt the pain of wishing we had better insight into our executed customer agreements, as they were big areas of interest to the acquiring company. Given our limited tracking of very specific data points related to our agreements and the lack of tools in the market focused on post-signature contract analysis, we knew deep down that somewhere in all that mess there had to be a better way to quickly understand the contracts we had agreed to - and reading thousands of them one at a time definitely wasn’t the answer. Looking back, Backupify was a typical high-growth, VC-backed software company and I thought, maybe this pain was pretty common among our peers. LinkSquares was born with a hunch that we weren’t alone in feeling the discomfort that comes with contract analysis in this space. Through many conversations we quickly realized that this situation was the primary pain of the in-house legal team, and more specifically, the title of General Counsel. As we learned and iterated, the opportunity to apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) sharpened our focus and the category eventually became clear as legal technology. I remember telling people we were going to sell a piece of software to in-house legal teams and some telling me “good luck, that sounds hard.” But luck does play a large part in the market circumstances that have influenced our success to date. First off, companies are executing more contracts than ever, especially the ones experiencing high growth. It has never been easier to make a PDF and put it on a cloud-based tool for storage for safe keeping. Also, many companies have taken on the challenge of making software that enables the pre-signature process of assembling and drafting these agreements more efficient. Lastly, the adoption of electronic signature tools makes the process of signing these agreements as easy as a few clicks. Sounds like a utopia here in 2019, right? Well, not so fast... Some things haven’t changed. Contracts are still being redlined and businesses continue to inherit 3rd party paper when working with larger corporations. The scanner still has a place on millions of desks around the world, and scanning documents to PDF after hand signing continues to be common practice. When there’s a need to review every contract that was previously executed, they are usually painstakingly being read manually and analyzed one at a time.  Lastly, business systems like CRM and ERP are largely still requiring manual input of data fields that are important to store and track. So, looking back on it, the person who told me that it would be hard was right - the legal tech space is ripe for new solutions, and there is much work to do here. This round of financing will continue to enable LinkSquares to solve these challenges through the cloud-based software that now nearly 100 companies use every day. I’m thrilled to have Hyperplane VC and MassMutual Ventures joining us on this journey. I’m also excited that a top Am Law 50 firm has strategically invested in us, enabling our reach to extend much further. I’d like to thank the other investors who participated in this round, specifically Jere Doyle, Chris Klaus, Wan Li Zhu, Steve McKenzie, Brandon Bekker, Alan Kenny, Alan Cawood, and Yoon Park. We’re going to continue to bring the best talent in Boston together to delight the in-house counsel. Come join us if you’re excited about what we’re doing - we’re hiring! Up and to the right! ![avatar](https://blog.linksquares.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Vishal%20Sunak.png?width=290&name=Vishal%20Sunak.png) #### [Vishal Sunak](https://blog.linksquares.com/author/vishal-sunak) Vishal Sunak is the co-founder and CEO of LinkSquares. ## Subscribe to the LinkSquares Blog Stay up to date on best practices for GCs and legal teams, current events, legal tech, and more. ## Related Articles ### [LinkSquares Team Sep 16, 2021 13 min read Why Legal Teams in Healthcare Need CLM Software Healthcare in the United States is a unique industry, but it’s especially unusual in how it deals with contracts. When a ... 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I’m proud of the work we’ve done over the last year and I want to share my thoughts with you. But first, a trip down memory lane. The words “we’re going to be a legal tech company” were never mentioned when LinkSquares was founded in 2015. In fact, I didn’t even know that legal technology was a category. In 2014, my co-founder Chris Combs and I were working at Backupify, seeing and hearing first hand the process it took to be acquired by Datto. It was during this transaction we first felt the pain of wishing we had better insight into our executed customer agreements, as they were big areas of interest to the acquiring company. Given our limited tracking of very specific data points related to our agreements and the lack of tools in the market focused on post-signature contract analysis, we knew deep down that somewhere in all that mess there had to be a better way to quickly understand the contracts we had agreed to - and reading thousands of them one at a time definitely wasn’t the answer. Looking back, Backupify was a typical high-growth, VC-backed software company and I thought, maybe this pain was pretty common among our peers. LinkSquares was born with a hunch that we weren’t alone in feeling the discomfort that comes with contract analysis in this space. Through many conversations we quickly realized that this situation was the primary pain of the in-house legal team, and more specifically, the title of General Counsel. As we learned and iterated, the opportunity to apply Artificial Intelligence (AI) sharpened our focus and the category eventually became clear as legal technology. I remember telling people we were going to sell a piece of software to in-house legal teams and some telling me “good luck, that sounds hard.” But luck does play a large part in the market circumstances that have influenced our success to date. First off, companies are executing more contracts than ever, especially the ones experiencing high growth. It has never been easier to make a PDF and put it on a cloud-based tool for storage for safe keeping. Also, many companies have taken on the challenge of making software that enables the pre-signature process of assembling and drafting these agreements more efficient. Lastly, the adoption of electronic signature tools makes the process of signing these agreements as easy as a few clicks. Sounds like a utopia here in 2019, right? Well, not so fast... Some things haven’t changed. Contracts are still being redlined and businesses continue to inherit 3rd party paper when working with larger corporations. 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I’d like to thank the other investors who participated in this round, specifically Jere Doyle, Chris Klaus, Wan Li Zhu, Steve McKenzie, Brandon Bekker, Alan Kenny, Alan Cawood, and Yoon Park. We’re going to continue to bring the best talent in Boston together to delight the in-house counsel. Come join us if you’re excited about what we’re doing - we’re hiring! Up and to the right!", "url" : "https://blog.linksquares.com/linksquares-raises-seed-extension", "wordCount" : "936" } ```