SmallClaims raises €2 million seed round to automate court cases for European businesses

SmallClaims, a Copenhagen-based legal tech startup, has raised €2 million (about DKK 15 million) in a seed round led by Vendep Capital. The announcement is dated Copenhagen, October 13, 2026.

The company will use the money to develop its AI platform further, expand across Europe and grow its team in Copenhagen. The platform is built to automate court cases for European businesses, and the company is positioned around small claims.

The only detailed commentary in the source comes from Jupe Arala, Partner at Vendep Capital. He says that from the first conversations with Christian, it was clear Christian understands the problem both as a litigator and as someone who has led legal inside a scaling company. Arala calls that combination, paired with a platform built around AI from day one, "rare". He also states that the team is already winning more than nine out of ten cases, and says Vendep is proud to lead the round and to back SmallClaims as it brings the platform to businesses across Europe. The source gives no surname or title for Christian, though the context suggests he is part of the company's leadership.

The source offers no further detail on how the platform works, which courts or countries it covers, or who else took part in the round. The win rate is presented as the investor's statement rather than as independently reported data.

For the Nordic AI scene, the round adds another Danish legal tech company with fresh backing and an explicit plan to scale across Europe, with its home base and hiring remaining in Copenhagen.