Clara, the London-based legaltech company, announced that it has secured the rights to incorporate companies in two of the world’s most popular jurisdictions for raising venture capital: the Cayman Islands and Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). Clara’s capacity to form Cayman and ADGM companies is a result of its acquisition of Foundra Corporate Services, a leading provider of company formation services in ADGM and its partnership with an affiliate in the Cayman Islands. With these deals, Clara takes another step towards providing startups with an automated, online solution for many of their legal needs.
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“Startups are looking for a new approach to help them overcome the pain and complexity of dealing with legal matters,” said Patrick Rogers, CEO and Co-Founder of Clara. “These transactions will allow us to completely streamline the customer experience of incorporating Cayman and ADGM companies – adding further value to the Clara platform, which digitizes and automates startup legals.”
These developments will enable Clara to further enhance its offering to startups, creating a value chain of incorporation and ongoing management of companies. Clara’s digital formations module, which has already been integrated with both DocuSign and Checkout.com, will be launched in August and will initially focus on Cayman and ADGM.
Under the terms of the transactions, Foundra and its Cayman affiliate will be re-branded as “Clara Formations”.
Clara is led by a team of seasoned lawyers and technologists who have worked at some of the top companies within their sectors. The company’s platform automates many of the tasks currently performed by startup lawyers including: forming companies, drafting agreements, building cap tables, structuring data rooms and predictively educating founders on legal concepts. The company has raised US$3 million in seed financing from institutional investors, including 500 Startups and Techstars.
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