# Atrium

> Atrium was Justin Kan's 2017 attempt to turn startup law into a predictable product: fixed-price lawyers supported by software for financings, contracts, hiring and corporate records. It raised $75.5 million, served hundreds of startups and then closed its technology operation in March 2020 after discovering that the software did not make legal work efficient enough to support the model.

- **Founded:** 2017
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Justin Kan (Co-founder and CEO), Augie Rakow (Co-founder and managing partner, Atrium LLP), BeBe Chueh (Co-founder and founding partner, Atrium LLP), Chris Smoak (Co-founder and CTO, Atrium LTS), Nick Cortes (Co-founder and operations leader)
- **Products:** Atrium Counsel, Atrium Financings, Records, Hiring, Fintech and blockchain practice
- **Notable:** Grew from about 30 launch customers in 2017 to more than 250 clients by September 2018., Expanded to roughly 110 employees within about a year and later reached a reported team size near 180., Helped hundreds of startups with corporate governance, contracts and more than $1 billion in venture financings.

## Products & services

- **Atrium Counsel** — Ongoing outside-general-counsel service for startups, sold as a fixed monthly subscription beginning at $2,000.
- **Atrium Financings** — Fixed-fee legal support for startup funding rounds from term sheet through closing.
- **Records** — A shared system for organizing corporate records and collaborating with Atrium's legal team.
- **Hiring** — A workflow for generating offer letters from structured inputs and tracking signatures.
- **Fintech and blockchain practice** — Advice on token offerings, token economics, regulation and broader fintech issues.

## Achievements

- Grew from about 30 launch customers in 2017 to more than 250 clients by September 2018.
- Expanded to roughly 110 employees within about a year and later reached a reported team size near 180.
- Helped hundreds of startups with corporate governance, contracts and more than $1 billion in venture financings.
- Raised $75.5 million across two disclosed rounds.
- Acquired voice-analysis startup Tetra in 2018 to strengthen document and data-structuring capabilities.

## Latest updates

- **2019-02** — Atrium formally launched a fintech and blockchain practice after advising clients on token and regulatory questions.
- **2020-01** — Atrium laid off most attorneys and paralegals, retained a small legal team and pivoted toward technology sold through outside law firms.
- **2020-03** — The technology company shut down, laid off just over 100 remaining employees and said it would return part of the remaining capital to investors; the separate law firm continued in reduced form.

## Links

- Website: http://www.atrium.co
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/atriumteam
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/atriumllp
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/atriumllp/

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