Beglaubigt.de is driving expansion forward with fresh capital. Behind the platform stands the legaltech company Openlaw, which has completed a seed financing round of 2.8 million euros (3.3 million dollars). Investors include YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim (via Y Ventures), Moonfire Ventures, Zeno Ventures, Combination VC, Orange Collective, and other international angel investors from the Y Combinator network.
Beglaubigt.de positions itself as digital infrastructure for notarial services and company formation. The platform enables individuals and companies to handle certifications, notarizations, and company formations entirely online. Users create contracts, implement articles of association changes, or complete administrative procedures digitally and legally compliant.
Digitalization meets bureaucracy problem
European founders face complex legal frameworks. Different legal systems, numerous business structures, and mandatory notarial processes significantly slow down company formations. In Germany, founding a GmbH typically takes six to eight weeks.
This is exactly where Beglaubigt.de comes in: The platform maps the entire formation process digitally, from document creation to registration in the commercial register. This reduces the duration to just a few days. At the same time, the startup integrates existing notaries and takes over administrative tasks such as appointment coordination and document preparation.
Alexander Sporenberg, CEO and co-founder of Openlaw, was also part of the founding team of Razor Group and explains:
“Europe doesn’t lack innovation or talent – it lacks efficient infrastructure. With Razor, we built a unicorn in 15 months, but the waiting time for notary appointments nearly cost us success. In the USA, that would have been a matter of days. This is exactly what we’re addressing with Openlaw – so European founders don’t fail because of bureaucracy.”
Expansion and European perspective
With the new capital, Openlaw aims to strategically expand Beglaubigt.de’s offerings. In addition to forming GmbH, UG, and GbR, the team plans to integrate additional registration processes and ongoing bookkeeping into the platform. Beglaubigt.de already cooperates with partners like Qonto, Holvi, and Sevdesk. Via an API, the formation process starts directly from other applications. This integration creates a seamless workflow from account opening to the completed company.
In the long term, the Munich-based startup aims to expand its digital infrastructure to additional European markets and provide founders with a fully digital back office.
