Belgium-based legaltech startup Alice has raised €1 million in pre-seed funding to further develop its AI-driven platform for professional legal casework.
The funding round was led by NewSchool and Seeder Fund, with additional backing from a group of Belgian angel investors.
Building AI lawyers can actually trust
Legal teams face growing pressure to work faster while maintaining strict standards around accuracy, accountability and regulatory compliance. Alice is positioning itself as a response to this tension by embedding AI directly into legal workflows, while keeping human oversight, verification and traceability at the core of every task.
The platform was launched in 2025 by practicing lawyers Jeroen Villé and Armin Wintein, together with CTO Joren Coulier. From the outset, the founders designed Alice around real legal practice, rather than generic AI text generation.
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Designed around real legal workflows
Alice is structured as a continuous, end-to-end workflow that mirrors how legal cases evolve in practice. Each step builds on the previous one, supporting lawyers from document review and legal research through to argument structuring, client communications and court-ready materials, all within a single environment.
By keeping the full case context intact, the platform aims to improve consistency and reduce the risks associated with fragmented tools or unverified AI outputs.
The solution is already being used by several law firms in Belgium, signalling early demand for AI tools that align with professional standards and legal accountability requirements.
Control, verification and professional responsibility
According to co-founder and CEO Jeroen Villé, AI will only earn a lasting place in legal practice if lawyers remain fully in control of their work. Alice is built to support efficiency gains without compromising professional judgment, ensuring that outputs remain transparent, verifiable and reviewable at every stage.
This focus reflects broader concerns in the legal sector, where adoption of AI has often been slowed by uncertainty around reliability, explainability and compliance.
Next steps and international expansion
With the new funding, Alice plans to accelerate development of its core workflow capabilities, grow its team and customer support functions, and expand geographically. After strengthening its position in Belgium, the company plans to enter neighbouring markets, starting with the Netherlands and France.
About Alice
Alice is a legaltech platform created by lawyers for lawyers. It helps legal teams produce accurate, consistent and case-based legal work by structuring AI around real professional workflows. By combining efficiency with verification and accountability, Alice aims to set a new standard for responsible AI adoption in legal practice.
