Orbital
Category: AI in Legal
An AI-powered legal technology platform specifically designed to automate property due diligence and risk assessment for the real estate industry. Orbital was founded in 2018. The company is led by Will Pearce. Based in London, UK. Team size: 50-100. Total funding raised: $75.0M (Series B $60M). Latest round: Series B ($60M, Jan 2026). Key investors include ["Brighton Park Capital","Parker89","LocalGlobe","Outward VC","Seedcamp","JLL Spark"].
- Founded
- 2018
- Headquarters
- London, UK
- Team size
- 50-100
- Total funding
- $75.0M (Series B $60M)
Value proposition
Accelerates real estate transactions by automating complex legal workflows and providing insurance-backed risk ratings, reducing manual due diligence time from days to minutes.
Products and solutions
["Orbital AI Platform (Core Engine)","Automated Title Reporting & Due Diligence","Insurance-backed Legal Risk Ratings","Vertical AI Agents for Real Estate Workflows","Commercial Property Portfolio Analysis Tool"]
Unique value
Orbital is a pioneer in offering insurance-backed Generative AI outputs, providing financial indemnity for the accuracy of its legal risk assessments in high-value property transactions.
Target customer
Real estate lawyers, Magic Circle and AM Law 100 firms, property developers, and in-house legal teams at large real estate corporations.
Industries served
["LegalTech","Real Estate (PropTech)","Insurance (InsurTech)","Financial Services"]
Technology advantage
Utilizes vertical AI agents trained specifically on property law and Land Registry data, combined with a proprietary risk-scoring heuristic that bridges the gap between raw data and actionable legal advice.
How they differentiate
Orbital differentiates through 'Vertical AI' specifically tuned for real estate law, combined with a unique insurance-backed guarantee. Unlike general legal AI, Orbital provides financial indemnity for its AI-generated legal risk ratings, bridging the gap between data extraction and professional liability.
Main competitors
["Luminance","Harvey","Coadjute","Searchlight"]
Key partnerships
["Major global law firms (e.g., Clifford Chance)","HM Land Registry (UK data integration)","Strategic real estate investors (JLL Spark)","Specialist legal indemnity insurers"]
Notable customers
["Clifford Chance","Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer","Reed Smith","Mishcon de Reya","AM Law 100 firms"]
Major milestones
["Successfully rebranded from Orbital Witness to Orbital in 2024","Pioneered the first insurance-backed Generative AI output for legal due diligence","Closed €50 million Series B led by Brighton Park Capital in January 2026","Expanded platform to include vertical AI agents for end-to-end real estate workflows"]
Growth metrics
Serves over 2,000 lawyers across the UK and US; reported doubling revenue in the 2023/2024 period.
Market positioning
Category leader in UK real estate legal AI, transitioning from a due diligence tool to a comprehensive AI platform for global property transactions.
Geographic focus
United Kingdom (Primary), North America (Expansion target), and Europe.
Patents and IP
Proprietary AI scoring logic and domain-specific LLM fine-tuning; no specific public patent filings disclosed.
About Will Pearce
Will Pearce is a former real estate lawyer at the 'Magic Circle' law firm Clifford Chance, where he specialized in high-value property transactions and M&A. In 2018, he co-founded Orbital Witness (rebranded to Orbital in 2024) to address the inefficiencies he experienced firsthand in property due diligence. Under his leadership, the company has pioneered the use of Generative AI and insurance-backed legal risk ratings to automate complex real estate workflows.
Official website: https://www.orbital.tech/