iPNOTE, a Spanish-American LegalTech platform that streamlines intellectual property (IP) management, has raised €857k in a Seed funding round to accelerate the development of its AI agent and deepen its presence across Europe and the UK, alongside expansion into the US.
The round was led by AltaIR Capital, with participation from Hi2 Venture Fund and several angel investors, including partners at Erdem Kaya Patent, a Turkish patent law firm, and Founders of high-tech startups like Super, Lokalise, Chainstack and others.
“Companies face enormous challenges when protecting their ideas globally. At iPNOTE, our mission is to remove that complexity by providing a single AI-powered interaction point that automates the annoying ping-pong with IP attorneys,” said Alex Levkin, Founder and CEO of iPNOTE. “This funding will help us bring our enterprise solution to life and prove that IP management can finally be as seamless as any modern SaaS experience.”
This Seed round for iPNOTE fits within a broader upswing in European LegalTech and legal-AI investment during 2025.
Early-stage funding has been active, with Pandektes in Denmark securing €2.9 million to automate legal research and knowledge management, and Augmetec in the UK raising over €2.4 million for an AI system that streamlines regulatory investigations.
Larger rounds have also been observed: Lexroom from Italy closed €16.2 million to expand its generative-AI platform for legal teams, including into Spain, while Sweden’s Legora raised €70.6 million for its collaborative AI suite for law firms. The Netherlands-based Saga also secured over €1.5 million to expand its lawyer-centric AI platform across Europe and Latin America.
Within this environment, iPNOTE stands out as one of the few Spain-linked LegalTech companies focusing specifically on intellectual-property management. Its AI-driven approach to automating global IP filings aligns with a sector-wide trend of embedding AI into legal and compliance workflows, positioning the startup well for subsequent expansion across Europe, the UK, and the US.
“iPNOTE shows how AI can give companies comprehensive global IP coverage without the burden of hiring and coordinating hundreds of lawyers across jurisdictions. By automating the creation, protection, and maintenance of IP rights, iPNOTE saves businesses significant time and resources while making global protection finally accessible,” said Igor Ryabenkiy, Founder and Managing Partner at AltaIR Capital.
The company was founded in 2022 by Alex Levkin, a certified patent attorney with more than 13 years of experience in IP. Before launching iPNOTE, Levkin built an IP law firm providing startups with cost-effective solutions for international markets. His work revealed how difficult it was to scale traditional IP practices. He envisioned iPNOTE as a way to unify fragmented IP processes and connect enterprises with trusted contractors through one platform.
In 2023, creators and companies around the world filed over 23 million intellectual property applications, including patents, trademarks, utility models, and industrial designs. Europe accounted for about 3.3 million filings, marking one of its busiest years for IP activity.
However, the company says IP protection across borders is still manual and fragmented. Companies are required by law to work with local IP providers in every country where they seek protection. This leads to fragmented processes, endless email chains, and high operational costs.
iPNOTE helps enterprises manage thousands of trademark and patent filings across dozens of jurisdictions by unifying IP management in a single platform and allowing users to automate interactions with IP service providers worldwide.
At the core of this innovation is an AI paralegal – a virtual assistant that can simultaneously manage global IP filings and handle up to 90% of routine communications with providers. The AI oversees the entire IP registration workflow: answers attorney questions, reviews deliverables, summarises documents, tracks deadlines, sends follow-ups to providers, monitors progress from filing to grant, and processes payments.
Instead of sending hundreds of emails, IP managers and paralegals interact with a single AI assistant that seamlessly coordinates with patent attorneys worldwide, reportedly turning weeks of manual work into streamlined automation.
When the AI agent encounters a complex request, it escalates the issue to a human for review to ensure accuracy and reliability at every step.
“Protecting intellectual rights and promoting innovations are not mutually exclusive. The solutions are not more government initiatives but technologies from companies like iPNOTE. Our decision to invest is not only based on iPNOTE’s automated IP management systems, but also on its global coverage. iPNOTE’s clients are not only protected in the US and Europe, but also in over 100 emerging and frontier markets,” said Jerry Wang, Founder and CEO at Hi2 Global.
The company has already created a SaaS platform and processed over 2,000 IP cases in 130+ countries, saving millions of IP budget. Half of iPNOTE’s enterprise pipeline comprises large corporations in Europe and the UK, making the region the fastest-growing market.
Read the orginal article: https://www.eu-startups.com/2025/10/30-lower-ip-costs-drive-madrid-based-ipnotes-e857k-funding-to-scale-its-ai-powered-legal-platform/
