March 18th, 2013

Docracy Opens Up Document Genome Project To Let You Compare And Contrast Contracts And Patents

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Docracy, a TechCrunch Hackathon winner aimed at creating a database of open legal documents, has been relatively quiet over the past few months.

After taking a $225k investment from Reed Elsevier and Jeff Zwelling, Docracy is now ready to unveil what it’s been working on for so long: The Document Genome project. → Read More

September 14th, 2012

Disrupt Hackathon Winner Docracy Adds Collaborative Editing And Signing Capabilities To Github For Legal Documents

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There are a number of websites that offer form legal documents to users. But it can be difficult to complete the next step of the process of establishing a will, or forming a company, when it comes to actually editing and signing these documents online. Docracy, which won the Disrupt NYC Hackathon more than a year ago, is a repository for legal and business documents, such as NDAs and term sheets. → Read More

May 18th, 2012

From A Hackathon Win To A 650K Round And 10,000 Users, Docracy Tells All

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The tale of Docracy’s year-long journey is a fun one. When Matt Hall and his partner John Watkinson first went into the Hackathon last year, the only goal was to get a prototype working for an idea they had, a GitHub for legal documents. Sure, a win would’ve been nice, but the main goal was to push out a prototype they could pitch to investors (instead of just an idea) with a firm deadline hanging… → Read More