Vancouver startup Walter has been acquired by Stockholm-based legal AI company Legora, adding an exit to the city’s growing legaltech and AI ecosystem.
The acquisition comes just days after Legora raised USD $550 million in a Series D funding round led by Accel, nearly doubling the company’s valuation to USD $5.6 billion.
Walter was founded by Ryan Wilson and co-founders Jon Conlin and Karl Campbell. The trio launched the company with a clear mission: build technology that helps lawyers focus on meaningful work instead of administrative grind.
Techcouver named Walter one of ten homegrown B.C. startups to watch in 2025.
“Our goal was simple: create technology that lets lawyers spend more time on high-value, interesting work — and less time buried in the rote details,” Wilson shared in a LinkedIn post announcing the acquisition.
From the beginning, Walter embedded directly with legal teams to design AI tools around real-world workflows. The company positioned itself around “agentic” legal AI — systems built to complete outcomes, not just assist with individual tasks.
The acquisition also provides Legora with immediate entry into the Canadian market, where Walter counts major firms including Fasken Martineau and McCarthy Tétrault among its clients.
Wilson said meeting Legora’s leadership made the acquisition feel like a natural fit. “When we first met Max Junestrand and the team at Legora, it was immediately clear we shared a vision, values, and an obsession with building high-quality software that actually works.”
Integration is already moving quickly. Walter engineers have traveled to Stockholm and are now working alongside Legora’s product teams.
The acquisition connects Vancouver-built legal AI with a fast-scaling global platform and highlights the city’s continued strength in vertical AI startups serving professional services.
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