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DocPro Secures $500,000 Pre-Seed Investment from Multiway Industries to Drive Legal Tech Innovation 

By Harry Moran |

DocPro Limited, a leading legal technology company, is pleased to announce the successful completion of a $500,000 pre-seed investment round from Multiway Industries. This strategic investment underscores DocPro’s commitment to streamlining and enhancing the delivery of legal services through innovative AI-powered solutions.

Advancing Legal Services

Established in 2020, DocPro Limited has been dedicated to making legal services more efficient, accessible, and cost-effective. Through its platforms, DocPro.com and DocLegal.ai, the company leverages cutting-edge artificial intelligence to simplify the creation, customization of legal documents. With over 50,000 registered users worldwide, DocPro.com has become a trusted resource for individuals and businesses seeking reliable legal documentation.

The soon-to-be-launched DocLegal.ai aims to be the most accessible and affordable legal tech solution globally, offering legal documents at prices as low as $2 per document. This initiative will make high-quality legal services readily available to professionals, businesses and individuals alike.

“Our goal is to enhance the delivery of legal services by harnessing AI to make legal processes more efficient and accessible,” said Kim Chan, Founder and CEO of DocPro Limited. “This pre-seed investment from Multiway Industries will allow us to accelerate our development efforts, expand our offerings, and improve the overall user experience.”

Strategic Growth and Product Development

The $500,000 pre-seed investment will be allocated towards advancing product development, expanding the engineering and AI teams, and implementing go-to-market strategies. DocPro’s focus extends beyond document generation, with plans to introduce a comprehensive AI legal assistant service, further enhancing its offerings in the legal tech space.

Investor Confidence

“We are excited to support DocPro in their efforts to enhance legal technology,” said Ellie Lee, Managing Director of Multiway Industries. “Their innovative use of AI not only streamlines complex legal processes but also makes legal services more accessible and efficient for businesses like ours.”

About DocPro Limited

Founded in 2020, DocPro Limited is a legal technology company dedicated to streamlining the legal industry through AI-powered solutions. As an incubatee under the Cyberport and Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks (HKSTP) incubation programs, DocPro has developed platforms like DocPro.com and DocLegal.ai to empower legal professionals and businesses to create and manage legal documents efficiently and accurately. For more information, visit DocPro.com and DocLegal.ai .

About Multiway Industries

Established in 1978, Multiway Industries is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of extension cords, power adaptors, surge protectors, energy-saving programs, and USB chargers. Committed to supporting innovative technology companies, Multiway Industries partners with visionary entrepreneurs to bring transformative solutions to market, making services more accessible and efficient for businesses worldwide.

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Sentry Expands Free Funding Market Search for Litigators

By John Freund |

Sentry Funding’s free tool enabling litigators to instantly search the funding market on behalf of clients has been expanded.

Sentry’s free ‘decision in principle’ feature enables lawyers to evidence to clients that they have conducted a broad market search, even if funding is not ultimately taken out.

Having deployed £125m in funding across a range of case types, Sentry now has access to an even broader funding marketplace, covering 34 global jurisdictions. Finance is provided by 13 funders, five of which are members of the Association of Litigation Funders.

With the recent addition of Sentry’s first US-based funder, the US offering will now be expanding over the next few months. 

A faster process

Sentry has deployed the latest technology to make the search for funding even easier. 

  • The intuitive application process now only asks questions relevant to previous answers, saving lawyers time.
  • The commercial marketplace has been redeveloped with 63 new data points added to the funder criteria matrix - improving the accuracy of case / funder matching
  • Sentry has also begun building out its AI capabilities, starting with an automated auditing tool for live case progression audits. 

Tom Webster, chief executive officer at Sentry Funding, said:

‘By broadening our reach and speeding up the process, we’re making it even easier for lawyers to raise funding. We’re also giving litigators an easy way to show clients they have fully researched the market, rather than just approaching one or two funders. 

‘The service is free to use, so even if clients decide they do not ultimately want funding or if none is available for that case, for the lawyer, it makes sense to use our “decision in principle” feature, so they can put evidence on file that they did check the market.’

Sentry Funding is an SaaS (software as a service) technology provider that gives solicitors access to a diverse marketplace of litigation funders. It works with solicitors, funders and third-party providers to ensure claimants are getting the most efficient service for their funding needs. 

The Sentry Portal also acts as a case management system that runs a transparent digital case file for solicitors, funders, after-the-event insurance providers, barristers, cost lawyers and other relevant third parties.

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NorthWall Capital Hits €2.9 B AUM on Private Credit Momentum

By John Freund |

NorthWall Capital has rocketed past €2.9 billion in assets under management after pulling in an additional €1.6 billion of institutional capital in 2025 alone. The London-based alternative credit manager says the surge reflects allocators’ intensifying hunt for scaled, multi-strategy platforms as Europe’s banks retrench and borrowers seek bespoke sources of credit.

A press release from NorthWall Capital details first-close totals across four distinct strategies. The flagship Credit Opportunities fund secured €731 million—already eclipsing its prior vintage—while the newly launched Senior Lending vehicle raised $503 million, translating to roughly $750 million of deployable firepower once leverage is applied. Asset-Backed Opportunities collected €252 million for collateral-rich loans in sectors underserved by traditional lenders, and the specialist Legal Assets platform locked down $169 million to extend the firm’s law-firm lending programme.

Founder and CIO Fabian Chrobog said the fundraising validates “the consistency of our approach” and NorthWall’s ability to craft solutions that resonate with investors and counterparties alike. With headcount slated to hit 40 by year-end, the firm plans to lean further into complex, situational credit born of bank deleveraging, regulatory shifts and sponsors’ need for certainty of execution.

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Victory Park Expands Legal Credit Leadership with Maleson Promotion

By John Freund |

Victory Park Capital (VPC), a global alternative asset manager specializing in private credit, has announced that Justin Maleson will expand his role to Managing Director, co-heading the firm’s legal credit investment strategy. The promotion underscores VPC’s ongoing investment in its legal finance capabilities and follows Maleson’s initial appointment in 2024 as Assistant General Counsel.

An announcement from Victory Park Capital details Maleson’s new responsibilities, which include sourcing, analyzing, and managing investments across legal assets, while maintaining oversight of the firm’s legal operations. He joins Chad Clamage in co-leading the strategy, working alongside team members Hugo Lestiboudois and Andrew Pascal, under the continued oversight of VPC CEO and founder Richard Levy.

Maleson brings a strong background in litigation finance and commercial law to the position. Before joining VPC, he served as a director at Longford Capital, where he specialized in originating and managing litigation funding transactions. His earlier tenure as a litigation partner at Jenner & Block further deepened his exposure to complex legal matters, equipping him with the expertise needed to navigate the nuanced legal credit space.

VPC’s legal credit team emphasizes an asset-backed lending model, prioritizing downside protection and predictable income streams. The firm aims to capitalize on inefficiencies within the legal funding market by leveraging its internal expertise and broad network of relationships. With Maleson’s appointment, VPC signals its intent to further scale its legal credit strategy, positioning itself as a key player in the evolving legal finance sector.

Maleson’s elevation comes at a time of increasing sophistication in litigation finance, where experienced legal minds are playing a pivotal role in portfolio construction and risk management. As VPC bolsters its leadership, the move may foreshadow further institutionalization of legal asset investing and heightened competition in a maturing market segment.