Beirut-based legal technology startup HAQQ has raised $3 million in a funding round to expand its AI-powered legal services platform across the Middle East and North Africa. The company, founded by Rami Abi Nader, has built a platform that uses artificial intelligence to automate legal document review, contract analysis, and compliance monitoring for businesses operating in the region.
HAQQ's platform addresses a significant gap in the MENA legal services market, where many businesses still rely on manual processes for legal document management and compliance tracking. The platform uses natural language processing and machine learning to analyze legal documents in both Arabic and English, making it particularly well-suited for the bilingual legal environments common across the region.
The legal technology sector in the Middle East has been growing steadily as businesses face increasingly complex regulatory environments across multiple jurisdictions. Companies operating in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, for example, must navigate different legal frameworks, tax regulations, and compliance requirements in each market, creating strong demand for technology solutions that can streamline these processes.
The funding will enable HAQQ to invest in its AI capabilities, expand its team, and grow its client base across the MENA region. The company plans to add new features including automated contract generation, regulatory change monitoring, and integration with popular business software platforms used by its target enterprise clients.
Lebanon's technology sector has continued to produce innovative startups despite the country's economic challenges, with many Lebanese entrepreneurs building products that serve the broader regional market. HAQQ represents this trend, leveraging Lebanon's strong talent pool in technology and legal services to build a product with regional and potentially global applications.
