UK-based law firm Mishcon de Reya has launched a technology accelerator called MDR Lab to make early-stage and growth investments in companies operating in the legal sector.
The 10-week summer initiative will be run in partnership with early-stage investment firm L Marks. Participating startups will receive access to Mischon de Reya’s legal and business networks, and potentially to investment.
MDR Lab is particularly interested in innovations relating to litigation, transactional law and business law but is also running a “wildcard” category for ideas that do not sit elsewhere. Applications close in March 2017 with the initiative due to commence two months later.