For the primary time in its nine-year historical past, the Startup Alley pitch competitors resulted in a tie.
The pitch competitors is the opening occasion of Techshow, the American Bar Affiliation’s annual authorized know-how convention. Fifteen authorized tech startups competed, with the winner chosen by a vote of the reside viewers.
These 15 tech-startups-selected-for-the-2025-startup-alley-at-aba-techshow.html”>had been chosen by means of a multi-step means of whittling down the whole pool of candidates, resulting in the occasion in Chicago the place they every had three minutes to current their pitches.
This 12 months, two startups ended up with an equal variety of votes for the highest spot:
- Case Crafter, an organization from Norway that helps authorized professionals construct compelling visible timelines primarily based on case recordsdata and proof.
- Querious, a product that gives attorneys with real-time insights throughout consumer conversations into authorized points, related content material, and instructed questions and follow-ups.
The third highest vote tally went to Lawft, a regulation observe administration platform constructed by attorneys.
Congratulations to this 12 months’s winners — and to everybody who participated. And a giant due to Clio for sponsoring all 9 years of the pitch competitors.
Proven above from left: Anna Summersett and Benson Varghese, the cofounders of Lawft; Eugene DeVilliers, technical cofounder of Querious; Hilary Bowman, founder and CEO of Querious; Bob Ambrogi; Jack Newton, founder and CEO of occasion sponsor Clio; Stephen P. Haber, lawyer and advisor to Case Crafter; Tor Øyvind Fluør, CEO and founding father of Case Crafter; and Vebjørn Teigen Haugerud, chief advertising and marketing officer, Case Crafter.
