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# Avvoka raises £14m growth round led by Valhalla Ventures (Mark O’Hare)
- URL: https://www.ai-360.online/avvoka-raises-14m-growth-round-led-by-valhalla-ventures-mark-o-hare/
- Published: 2026-03-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-26T20:30:00.000Z
- Description: Avvoka announced £14 million growth investment on 9 March 2026, led by Mark and Lindy O’Hare’s Valhalla Ventures (first post-Preqin/BlackRock investment)
- Author: AI-360
- Tags: LegalTech, news, #company-avvoka, Funding

[Avvoka](https://avvoka.com/?ref=ai-360.online) [announced £14 million growth investment on 9 March 2026, led by Mark and Lindy O’Hare’s Valhalla Ventures (first post-Preqin/BlackRock investment), according to a company release dated 9 March 2026](https://avvoka.com/newsroom/mark-o-hare-s-valhalla-ventures-leads-%C2%A314m-investment-in-avvoka?ref=ai-360.online).

Prior capital: only \~£600k from angels; largely bootstrapped since 2016 founding. Founders: Eliot Benzecrit and David Howorth (former Magic Circle lawyers). Use of proceeds: US expansion and deepening high-volume/high-variation drafting infrastructure. Customers named in release: >20% of Am Law 100 including A&O Shearman, Fenwick, Fried Frank, Ropes & Gray; Warner Bros. Discovery in-house.

HQ London; LLM-powered automation turns documents into governed templates.

“What firms need now is drafting infrastructure - systems that embed structure, governance and human oversight alongside AI capability.” said Eliot Benzecrit, Co-founder, Avvoka.

Performance, savings or adoption figures in the announcement are company claims unless independently attributed. Buyers should confirm scope, availability and commercial terms against Avvoka's primary materials and https://avvoka.com/.

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