Australian legal tech startups join 2025 LawTech Hub cohort

Five Australian startups have been selected to take part in the 2025 LawTech Hub run by Lander & Rogers, with a focus on AI-powered solutions addressing legal drafting, negotiation, research, due diligence, and agentic AI.

The 2025 cohort comprises Amender, Courtaid, DDLoop, Lawme, and Mobius, representing Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland. The six-month, equity-free program is designed to help these early-stage companies develop and scale their legal technologies, providing access to resources, mentorship, and industry connections.

Lander & Rogers has been running the LawTech Hub since 2019. Daniel Proietto, Chief Executive Partner at Lander & Rogers, commented on the start of the new program: "We're very pleased to launch the eighth edition of Australia's longest-running legal tech accelerator program, the LawTech Hub."

"The LawTech Hub enables us to work with the cohort to refine the new technologies being developed for the legal industry in order to deliver the best legal services to our clients."

Michelle Bey, Chief Innovation Officer and Transformation Lead at Lander & Rogers, described the wider purpose of the initiative, saying, "The LawTech Hub was created to support the legal tech ecosystem while simultaneously developing future-ready technology for our clients."

"It's about continuously advancing the legal industry in Australia and globally, and empowering startups. The synergy and collaboration between innovative, early-stage companies, and an established law firm are necessary to mould and evolve a thriving legal industry."

This year's participants present a diverse range of products. Melbourne-based Amender offers a platform to manage drafting comments found in lawyer communications, compiling them into issue threads to aid ongoing negotiations or generate reports. Amender's Co-founder, Walter Myer, said, "The LawTech Hub is exactly what we need: we're coming in with wireframes and a minimal version of our product, and we want Landers lawyers to challenge and break these to help us grow."

Courtaid, based in Sydney, enhances legal research by enabling lawyers to interact with up-to-date legislation and judgments on a daily basis. Peter Cole, Co-founder of Courtaid, said, "We are very strong on the technical side, but are currently relying on customer feedback and friends in the law industry for feedback on the tool and where we should focus our efforts. Partnering up with Landers & Rodgers will help us get to the next level in terms of insights and feedback to help tune our tool moving forward. It is an amazing opportunity."

Sydney's DDLoop provides automation for legal due diligence on government registers, focusing on M&A, financing, and investment deals. The platform's AI Risk engine processes thousands of data points to minimise incorrect searches and reporting errors. Co-founders Jack Rathie and Nico Kunz commented, "collaborate directly with lawyers and users. We know the value of working with lawyers to get the details right. The LawTech Hub's unique position is a great opportunity to work closely with Lander & Rogers' lawyers to shape the future of DDLoop and legal work."

They continued, "The firm's cutting-edge approach to AI across research, development, education, and ethics is a great platform for game-changing ideas and world-class operators. This direct channel to the frontier of legal technology is the perfect place to battle-test our product and strategy."

Reflecting on previous engagements, they added, "Having experienced the creativity and power of the LawTech Hub's community first-hand in 2024 at the LawTech Hub's Legal Tech Pitch Night, we're excited to join this inspiring community of mentors, founders, operators, and industry experts. Founders who've gone through the LawTech Hub rave about it and we're super excited to join the program."

Lawme, from the Gold Coast, bills itself as an AI workforce factory designed to reduce up to 70% of routine legal tasks and paperwork for teams. The no-code platform allows lawyers to create AI employees supported by various tools. Jordan Parker, Founder of Lawme, said, "The LawTech Hub offers a unique opportunity to refine and scale Lawme in an environment that truly understands the challenges of modern legal practice. The LawTech Hub's established network of legal experts and innovators is the perfect setting to validate our product with real-world feedback, ensuring that our solution meets the rigorous standards demanded in the Australian legal landscape."

Parker further added, "By participating, we gain access to strategic guidance, industry insights, and potential pilot customers — all of which are critical as we move from closed pilot to broader adoption. The collaborative environment will help us fine-tune Lawme's integration with widely used legal tools and workflows, ensuring that our AI 'legal team' continues to deliver practical, tangible efficiency gains for law firms."

He concluded, "Ultimately, joining the LawTech Hub aligns with our mission of delivering a future free of tedious tasks, and we are keen to contribute to, and benefit from, this forward-thinking community."

Mobius, based in Melbourne, provides a dual software and service platform to help legal teams automate complex and bespoke processes through AI workflows and agents. Isaac Wong, Co-founder and CEO of Mobius, said, "We are really keen to join the LawTech Hub to immerse ourselves in a rich community that cares about excellence in engineering and building technology products that people love; we also want to connect with experts who understand how to scale products and navigate funding rounds."

Wong added, "We've been inspired by some of the great startups that have come out of the LawTech Hub such as DraftWise and Josef. We hope we can be a great addition to the LawTech Hub!"

Courtney Blackman, Director of the LawTech Hub, remarked on the incoming group, stating, "It's just incredible that we're on our eighth cohort. Every year, we get to work with truly remarkable tech companies — many of whom have gone on to change the way the legal industry functions in both Australia and internationally. I can't wait to work with Amender, Courtaid, DDLoop, Lawme, and Mobius over the next six months."

The 2025 program will run for six months and will conclude with the LawTech Hub's Legal Tech Pitch Night, at which the startups will present their solutions to industry leaders, investors, and potential clients.