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Ontra Started With the NDA Nobody Wanted - Now It Wants the Rest of Private Equity’s Paperwork
The legal-tech company found its wedge in the contract everyone hates reading. More than two million agreements later, that boring starting point has become a data advantage - and a blueprint for automating the private-fund lifecycle.
Danyal Özdüzenciler
Danyal Özdüzenciler is the co-founder and CEO of Capsa AI, a London- and New York-based startup building what it calls an AI operating system for the private capital industry. A former private equity and investment banking professional with Turkish-German roots, he founded Capsa AI in 2024 with Callum Downie after a first failed startup taught him hard lessons about grit. In June 2026 the company raised an $18m Series A, bringing total funding to about $20m, on the back of 14x year-on-year revenue growth and a 100% customer renewal rate.
Orbital
Orbital (formerly Orbital Witness) is a London- and New York-based legal AI company building software that automates the paperwork-heavy work of real estate law. Its flagship product, Orbital Copilot, is a domain-specific AI agent that reads title reports, leases, surveys and contracts the way a real estate lawyer would - extracting key terms, flagging risk and drafting reports in a fraction of the usual time. Founded in 2018 by Will Pearce and Edmond Boulle, Orbital supports around 200,000 property transactions a year for more than 5,000 professionals at firms including Clifford Chance, Slaughter & May, Mishcon de Reya and BCLP, and raised a $60M Series B in January 2026 to expand in the United States.
Euclid Power
Euclid Power is a New York-based operating system for renewable energy projects, pairing an AI-driven software platform with expert services across the development, financing, construction, and operations lifecycle. Founded in 2021 by former Goldman Sachs and Generate Capital energy professionals, Euclid turns scattered project documents into a single source of truth, helping developers, investors, and asset owners cut diligence and transaction timelines from months to days. It has been embedded in more than 1,000 solar and storage projects, onboarded over 12 GW of capacity, and supported $10B+ in renewable energy investment.