Openlaw secures €2.8 million for notarial platform Beglaubigt.de

Beglaubigt.de Openlaw is accelerating its expansion with fresh capital. The platform is backed by the legal tech company Openlaw, which has closed a seed funding round of €2.8 million ($3.3 million). Investors include YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim (via Y Ventures), Moonfire Ventures, Zeno Ventures, Combination VC, Orange Collective, and other international angel investors from the Y Combinator network.

The Beglaubigt.de positions itself as digital infrastructure For notarial services and company formations. The platform enables individuals and companies to handle authentications, notarizations, and incorporations entirely online. Users create contracts, implement amendments to articles of association, or complete official procedures digitally and legally securely.

Digitalization meets bureaucracy problem

European entrepreneurs face complex legal frameworks. Differing legal systems, numerous company forms, and mandatory notarial processes significantly slow down the incorporation process. In Germany, setting up a GmbH (limited liability company) often takes six to eight weeks.

This is precisely where Beglaubigt.de comes in: The platform digitally maps the entire incorporation process, from document creation to registration in the commercial register. This reduces the duration to just a few days. At the same time, the startup integrates existing notaries and takes over administrative tasks such as appointment scheduling and document preparation.

Alexander Sporenberg, CEO and co-founder of Openlaw, was also part of the founding team of the Razor Group and explains:

“Europe doesn’t lack innovation, and certainly not talent – but rather efficient infrastructure. With Razor, we built a unicorn in 15 months, but the waiting time for notary appointments almost cost us our success. In the US, that would have been a matter of days. This is precisely where we come in with Openlaw – so that European founders don’t fail because of bureaucracy.”

Expansion and European perspective

With the new capital, Openlaw plans to strategically expand Beglaubigt.de's offerings. In addition to the formation of GmbHs, UGs, and GbRs, the team plans to integrate further registration processes and ongoing accounting into the platform. Beglaubigt.de already collaborates with partners such as Qonto, Holvi, and Sevdesk. The incorporation process can be initiated directly from other applications via an API. This integration creates a seamless workflow from account opening to the fully established company.

In the long term, the Munich-based startup aims to expand its digital infrastructure to other European markets and provide founders with a fully digital back office.