Notarize vs SimpleLegal
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Notarize (now Proof) pioneered and leads the US online notarization market; raised $130M+ including a $130M Series D (2021); rebranding under parent brand Proof which unifies notarization with eSign and identity verification;
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Notarize is an online notarization company founded in 2015 by Pat Kinsel and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The company pioneered the Remote Online Notarization (RON) market in the United States, becoming the first company to conduct a legally valid online notarization under Virginia''s landmark RON legislation. Notarize''s platform connects signers with commissioned notaries via live video sessions, integrating digital identity verification, e-signature capture, and tamper-evident audit trails to produce notarized documents that are legally equivalent to in-person notarizations across all 50 states (all of which have now enacted RON legislation or accept out-of-state RON documents).
Legal Operations Management
Modern legal operations management platform for in-house teams covering matter management, e-billing, and vendor management. Mountain View CA, acquired by Onit.
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SimpleLegal is a legal operations management platform designed for in-house legal teams at mid-market and enterprise companies, providing modern software for matter management, outside counsel e-billing, vendor management, and legal department reporting. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, SimpleLegal was acquired by Onit, broadening Onit's portfolio of legal workflow and operations solutions. SimpleLegal built a reputation for a clean, intuitive user experience that contrasted with the complexity of legacy enterprise legal management systems like TeamConnect and Thomson Reuters Legal Tracker.\n\nSimpleLegal's platform enables in-house legal teams to intake and track legal matters, receive and review invoices from outside counsel, enforce billing guidelines (UTBMS and AFA), generate budget vs. actual spend reports, and manage vendor relationships — all in a system that legal professionals can configure and use without extensive IT support. This accessibility made SimpleLegal popular with growing companies that needed enterprise-grade legal operations capabilities but were not ready for the implementation complexity of the largest ELM vendors.\n\nAs part of Onit, SimpleLegal's capabilities are being integrated with Onit's enterprise workflow automation and contract management tools, creating a more comprehensive legal operations platform. The combined entity competes with Mitratech, Thomson Reuters Legal Tracker, and newer entrants like Brightflag in the legal spend management and operations space. SimpleLegal's customer base of mid-market in-house teams provides an important market segment for Onit's broader legal technology strategy.
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