Source: Superpanel
Superpanel, a legal intake platform built around a coachable digital teammate that transforms how law firms qualify and onboard new clients, announces its launch with $5.3 million in funding. The round was co-led by Outlander VC (backers of Scale AI, Stripe, and Gusto) and Field Ventures (investors in Wrapbook, Bikky, and Suppli). Other participating investors include LOI Venture (co-founded by Hootsuite founder Ryan Holmes), Zenda Capital, 8-Bit Capital, and Behind Genius Ventures. The funding will accelerate hiring and expand the product’s capabilities.
Founders Julien Emery and Dingyu Zhang combine backgrounds in scaling customer experiences and deploying AI at enterprise scale. Emery was one of the first ten employees at Hootsuite and later founded a SaaS underwriting platform for self-insured health plans (sold to Novo Connection). Zhang built conversational AI systems handling millions of transactions and led enterprise wins over Amazon Alexa, Microsoft, and Google Dialogflow.
Superpanel provides a coachable digital teammate that manages intake end-to-end, from first contact through qualification and document collection. Purpose-built for legal, it follows each firm’s specific intake logic, applying criteria such as case type, geography, and required documentation. Safeguards are built in: every workflow is auditable, compliant, and escalated to a human when needed. Once a case is qualified, it is handed to staff to build relationships and close, freeing teams from repetitive tasks.
“I’ve seen firsthand how access to legal support can be life changing, yet too often the system fails people before their case is even reviewed. Ninety percent of those who suffer harm don’t know they have a legal case and never contact a lawyer,” said Julien Emery, Co-Founder and CEO of Superpanel. “Superpanel exists to fix that. We’ve already helped over 150,000 people to tell their story and get their cases evaluated, making it faster for firms to identify strong cases and easier for people to get answers.”
Read the full article: https://blog.superpanel.io/p/superpanel-launches-with-5-3m-to-transform-legal-intake-with-a-coachable-digital-teammate
