Rocket Lawyer Served $18.5M

Rocket Lawyer, a San Francisco-based provider of online legal documents and attorney-finding services, said today that has collected $18.5 million in Series D financing. The round was led by August Capital, with Google Ventures and Investor Growth Capital also participating. August Capital partner David Hornik has joined the company’s board. “We see a large market opportunity for legal solutions that are easily accessible and affordable to users,” Google Ventures partner Wesley Chan said in a statement. “Rocket Lawyer’s combination of an intuitive user-driven front-end with a strong technology-based platform uniquely positions the company to scale and deliver the type of ‘wow’ user experience that online customers love.” The startup has now raised $28 million all told.

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