Ivo, an innovator in AI contract review technology, today announces a $16 million Series A funding round, led by Costanoa Ventures, to scale its groundbreaking platform. Investors participating in this Series A round alongside Costanoa Ventures include Fika Ventures, Uncork Capital, and several others.
The investment will fuel the expansion of their AI contract review solution, which has already helped over 150 corporate legal teams streamline their agreement negotiations.
"We're building Ivo to ensure this change enhances rather than diminishes the crucial role of legal judgment," commented CEO and co-founder, Min-Kyu Jung. "Our vision is to give every legal team the power to handle enterprise-scale contract volumes while maintaining the highest standards of accuracy and control."
In today's market, legal departments grapple with surging contract volumes, yet existing automation tools often fall short in providing truly reliable AI for contract review. Ivo directly addresses this dilemma, offering a solution adopted by leading organizations like Weightwatchers, Eventbrite, and Blue Cross Blue Shield Kansas City, providing both efficiency and the meticulous, lawyer-grade AI contract review necessary for complex legal agreements.
At its core, Ivo delivers a sophisticated AI contract review assistant that transforms complex processes into streamlined and confident workflows for its growing customer base. The platform boasts a comprehensive suite of features including AI-driven contract review and redlining within Microsoft Word, one-click report generation, and customizable Playbooks.
The impact on legal teams has been immediate and significant. Adrie Christiansen, Legal Operations Lead at Quora, credited Ivo with reducing average time to approve counterparty NDAs for signatures from four days to two, while first pass turn improved from an average of 11 hours to 5 minutes. Geotab's legal team reports an average savings of 45 minutes per contract review – a 75% efficiency gain that allows their lawyers to focus on strategic work.
Looking to the future, Ivo is set to launch its Search AI Agent, further enhancing their AI contract review capabilities and addressing contract lifecycle management. This innovative tool will allow legal teams to effortlessly search their entire contract repository using natural language queries, regardless of document storage. Combined with existing features, Ivo is rapidly becoming the definitive comprehensive AI contract review assistant for the modern legal department, trusted by over 150 corporate legal teams.
"The launch of Ivo's new search tool will allow legal teams to search and generate reports across their entire contract portfolio, significantly reducing their workload and increasing efficiency," added Amy Cheetham, Partner at lead investor Costanoa Ventures.
With a total funding of $22.2 million, Ivo is poised to further revolutionize legal workflows, building upon early backing from Safe Superintelligence co-founder, Daniel Gross, and a $4.8 million seed round previously led by Fika Ventures and Uncork Capital.
