London-based AI platform for real estate law Orbital is targeting an expansion to its US business following the closure of a $60m (£44m) Series B funding round.
Orbital has developed technology to automate the legal work of the real estate sector by combining AI technology with spatial visualisation, mapping and market data.
The company said its technology will replace the manual, document-heavy work that slows down real estate transactions.
Already having supported 200,000 transactions across the UK and the US, the company is setting its sights on a major expansion across the Atlantic.
“Real estate is, by far, the world’s largest asset class. Yet the legal work that underpins it remains slow, fragmented and largely manual: opaque work that in many cases hasn’t meaningfully changed since the 19th century,” said Orbital co-founder and chief executive Will Pearce.
“Orbital is changing that with AI purpose-built for real estate, making transactions more transparent and reliable for all parties.
“We’re accelerating our US expansion and extending Orbital’s potential across the full real estate transaction lifecycle – fundamentally improving how work gets done for the professionals who operate within it, and for everyone who derives value from real estate.”
The funding round was led by New York-based growth fund Brighton Park Capital.
“We immediately saw that Orbital is targeting a portion of the legal sector not currently served by the broader AI market, which is why we’re so excited to be announcing our lead investment in their Series B round,” said Kevin Magan, a partner at Brighton Park Capital.
“Automation in real estate law presents a huge opportunity for improvements right across the value chain in transactions, not just for lawyers but also for other stakeholders within the sector. There’s huge potential for Orbital’s AI to dominate real estate law in 2026.”
