In an industry where billion dollar transactions can still hinge on paper based processes and century old workflows, a new wave of legal technology is beginning to reshape how properties change hands. Orbital, an AI platform built specifically for real estate legal work, has raised sixty million dollars in Series B funding, marking one of the largest investments to date in the emerging category of property focused legal technology.
A Major Fundraise Backed by Legal and Real Estate Leaders
The funding round was led by Brighton Park Capital and included support from a wide group of investors active across both the legal and real estate sectors. Participants included REV, The LegalTech Fund, Moderne Ventures and Grosvenor Group. Existing backers JLL Spark, Outward and Seedcamp also joined the round.
Orbital’s new funding reflects rising demand for technology that can manage the complex legal workflows behind residential and commercial property transactions. While general purpose legal AI tools have grown rapidly, few platforms have been designed specifically for real estate law, an area filled with documents, geographic data and regulatory rules that are difficult to automate without domain specific systems.
AI Built for Real Estate Legal Work
Orbital was founded in 2018 by Will Pearce and Ed Boulle with a goal of bringing clarity, speed and automation to one of the most document heavy categories of legal practice. The company combines artificial intelligence, spatial visualisation and mapping with property data to automate legal tasks that previously required extensive manual review.
The platform supports hundreds of thousands of transactions each year, used by thousands of property professionals including law firms, in house counsel, developers, title agencies and real estate investment trusts. Its customer base spans large international law firms and multinational enterprises across the real estate sector.
Pearce says that despite real estate being the world’s largest asset class, legal processes remain slow and fragmented. Many firms still depend on manual document comparison and paper based verification, creating delays and uncertainty for buyers, sellers and investors. Orbital aims to replace these methods with AI that is trained specifically on real estate legal requirements.
A Push Toward a Single Workspace for Real Estate Transactions
With real estate transactions involving a mixture of contracts, maps, planning documents and compliance obligations, professionals often face siloed systems and a lack of unified visibility. Orbital’s platform attempts to solve this by creating one secure workspace where all legal and property data can be analysed and managed in real time.
The new investment will allow Orbital to further expand its capabilities across the wider real estate ecosystem. The company plans to increase investment in product development with the goal of covering the full lifecycle of legal work related to property assets, from acquisition and development to refinancing and disposition.
Expanding Across the United States After New York Launch
Following the opening of its New York office in 2025, Orbital plans significant expansion across the United States. The company aims to grow its team and establish additional hubs to support lawyers, developers and corporate real estate teams in major markets.
This expansion is driven by the growing need for end to end automation in property transactions as deal volumes rise and regulatory requirements intensify. The legal processes supporting these transactions are becoming increasingly complex, making purpose built AI platforms essential for maintaining accuracy and speed.
Unlocking Efficiency in a Historically Manual Industry
With the new funding, Orbital is positioned to become one of the defining technology platforms for real estate legal work. Its domain specific approach, combining legal AI with spatial intelligence, addresses a gap that has long slowed the property sector and hindered digital transformation.
As the company scales across the United States and expands its global footprint, Orbital aims to replace outdated processes with a seamless, transparent and automated experience for all parties involved in real estate transactions.
