Funding · Enterprise Software & IT
SpotDraft secures $8 Mn Series B extension from Qualcomm Ventures
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- Date
- Company
- SpotDraft
- What it does
- AI contract management platform
- Kind
- Funding
- Amount
- $8 Mn
- Stage
- Series B extension
- Based in
- Bengaluru
- Founded
- 2017
- Sector
- Enterprise Software & IT
What they do
SpotDraft builds an AI-powered contract lifecycle management platform for legal and sales teams
What happened
Qualcomm Ventures led the $8 Mn funding round to expand global enterprise presence
Why it matters
The company reported Rs 121 crore revenue in FY25 with strong user growth metrics
The details
- SpotDraft has secured an $8 Mn Series B extension funding round.
- Qualcomm Ventures acted as the lead investor in this latest financing.
- The company plans to use funds to deepen its AI capabilities and product offerings.
- SpotDraft aims to expand its enterprise presence across the Americas, EMEA, Middle East, Africa, and India.
- This follows a previous $54 Mn Series B led by Vertex Growth and Trident Partners in February 2025.
- Total capital raised by SpotDraft now stands at approximately $92 Mn.
- The company was last valued at $132 Mn prior to this extension.
- SpotDraft operates as an Indian startup headquartered in Bengaluru since 2017.
The bigger picture
- The investment highlights growing interest in AI-driven legal tech solutions globally.
- Qualcomm's involvement signals strategic alignment with hardware optimization for AI tasks.
- SpotDraft demonstrates rapid revenue growth despite reporting significant operational losses.
- The funding supports aggressive international expansion into key global markets.
About the business
- SpotDraft provides an AI-powered contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform.
- The tool assists sales, legal, and HR teams with contract automation.
- Features include AI-assisted redlining, e-signatures, and clickwrap agreements.
- Core contract understanding runs locally on devices to ensure data privacy.
- Large-scale analytics and orchestration are handled via cloud infrastructure.
- The platform is optimized for Qualcomm Hexagon NPU processors.
- It demonstrated performance on Snapdragon X Elite laptops at the 2025 Summit.
- Clients include Apollo.io, Panasonic, Zeplin, and Whatfix.
- The company reports over 1 million annual contract volume processed.
What happens next
- Expand enterprise presence across Americas, EMEA, Middle East, Africa, and India.
- Deepen product and AI capabilities through new funding.
The deal
- Type
- Series B extension
Investors
- Qualcomm Ventures (lead) — Venture arm of Qualcomm focusing on technology investments.
- Vertex Growth Singapore (existing) — Subsidiary of Temasek that co-led the previous Series B.
- Trident Growth Partners (existing) — Investment firm that co-led the previous Series B.
- Xeed VC (prior) — Prior investor in SpotDraft.
- Arkam Ventures (prior) — Prior investor in SpotDraft.
- Prosus Ventures (prior) — Prior investor in SpotDraft.
- Google for Startups (prior) — Prior investor in SpotDraft.
- 021 Capital (prior) — Prior investor in SpotDraft.
Founders
- Shashank Bijapur, Co-founder and CEO
- Madhav Bhagat, Co-founder and CTO
About SpotDraft
- Product
- A contract lifecycle management platform with AI-assisted legal workflows
- Customers
- In-house legal teams at enterprises
- How it makes money
- SaaS subscriptions for enterprise legal workflow software
- What sets it apart
- Runs sensitive contract intelligence workflows on-device for privacy
- Operations
- Operates from Bengaluru and New York and serves customers across multiple regions
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