Lightbringer Raises $10M to Take on Big Law with AI Patents

Jan de Vries · 2026-06-16

Lightbringer, a Malmö-based AI-powered LegalTech company that’s changing how startups and small to medium enterprises secure patents, just raised $10 million in Series A funding to fuel its U.S. expansion and next phase of product development. The round was co-led by London’s 6 Degrees Capital and Amsterdam’s Newion. Thomas Olszewski, Partner at 6 Degrees Capital, and Dorus Olgers, Partner at Newion, have joined the Lightbringer board. Back in December 2024, the company had already raised $4.6 million, led by Luminar Ventures and Alliance VC. ### Why This Matters for Startups Dominic Davies, CEO and co-founder of Lightbringer, put it bluntly: “Intellectual property has become one of the most powerful assets a DeepTech company can have. In a hypercompetitive market, the speed at which an inventor can file a patent application on their innovation can mean the difference between a company’s success and demise.” Davies, who’s a patent lawyer himself, added that the global patent system simply wasn’t built for startups. “Most legal AI helps law firms become more efficient and protect their margins. We built Lightbringer to do the opposite: take on Big Law and return that value to entrepreneurs.” ### How Lightbringer Works Founded in 2023 by Dominic Davies, Ola Wassvik, and Markus Andreasson, Lightbringer is an AI-native patent platform designed for ambitious DeepTech companies. It combines AI with experienced in-house patent attorneys, giving innovators direct access to enterprise-grade intellectual property protection without relying on traditional law firms. The platform’s results are impressive. It slashes typical patent filing timelines from two months down to just a couple of days. And through a fixed-price subscription model, it cuts costs by around 50%. ### Full Patent Lifecycle Support Lightbringer covers the entire patent lifecycle, including: - Invention capture - Patent drafting and filing - Portfolio strategy - Portfolio management - Competitor intelligence - White-space analysis Until now, AI software in the patent sector focused on building better tools for lawyers—streamlining workflows, reducing admin, and cutting billable hours at the margins. Lightbringer takes a fundamentally different approach. It’s an AI platform designed to replace existing patent firms, not assist them. ### Investor Confidence Dorus Olgers, Partner at Newion, said, “Lightbringer has demonstrated exceptional traction in a short period of time by building a platform that delivers clear and immediate value to founders, engineers, and innovation-led businesses. Lightbringer believes IP protection should be accessible to everyone, something that is not the case under today’s market conditions, and has built a platform that helps make that vision a reality.” “What sets the team apart is how quickly they’ve turned deep legal and technical expertise into a product that founders actually adopt. We are excited to support the team as they continue expanding internationally and establish Lightbringer as a leading platform for modern patent development and strategy.” ### U.S. Expansion Plans With this capital, the company plans to fuel its expansion into the U.S. while further developing its AI-powered patent platform for growing DeepTech companies. The U.S. is the world’s largest and most competitive market for intellectual property, and it’s a key priority for Lightbringer’s next stage of growth. Davies himself is relocating to lead U.S. operations, showing just how serious the company is about making a splash stateside. ### Proven Track Record Since its launch in 2024, Lightbringer reports it has helped more than 200 DeepTech companies across 17 countries file and manage their patents worldwide. Some of its clients include: - TERASi, a critical infrastructure hardware specialist - Arctic Ravn, a defense drone technology company - DIASENSE, a quantum sensing technology developer - Cler, a Swedish clean-air technology company The company is headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, with offices in Stockholm, London, and the San Francisco Bay Area. It’s backed by a growing list of investors who believe in making IP protection accessible to everyone.