Oqood Secures $1M to Transform Legal Operations with AI in GCC Expansion

Editorial Team

Last updated 10-10-2025

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Oqood secures $1 million in seed funding from angel investors for legaltech expansion.

Plans include enhancing AI solutions and expanding operations into GCC markets.

Founder highlights growing interest in legal technology, worth over $31 billion globally.

The aim is to streamline legal operations and attract law firm adoption regionally.

Oqood's platform seeks to improve case management and client communication amidst rising competition.

The Emirati legaltech startup **Oqood** has just wrapped up a seed round worth **$1 million**, with backing from a handful of angel investors. The company, which focuses on building artificial intelligence solutions for the legal sector, plans to funnel the new capital into advancing its products and scaling its smart legal tools. The goal? To make legal operations more efficient and, hopefully, less of a faff for firms trying to keep pace with digital transformation.

Khalid Al Rasheed, Oqood’s founder and CEO, said the investment underlines growing interest in the legal technology space—a segment that’s now worth more than **$31 billion globally**. He pointed out that the field is projected to expand by **9.4% annually** in the coming years, which, frankly, is spot on for how quickly AI is creeping into every professional niche. As he explained in a recent statement, the company isn’t just fine-tuning its existing platform but also pushing to reach more law firms and corporate legal teams across the region.

From what I’ve seen through Arageek’s own work with MENA startups, legaltech has always been a bit of a tough nut to crack. Many firms are cautious about shifting from paper-heavy workflows to fully digital systems. That said, when the tech is intuitive and the timing is right, adoption can snowball. I reckon Oqood is banking on precisely that moment.

The company’s upcoming roadmap includes expanding into **GCC** markets first, then exploring global opportunities. Their digital platform is designed to speed up case management and simplify client communication—something every lawyer I’ve met wishes could be streamlined. On the flip side, competition’s heating up; more AI-powered tools are entering the legal scene by the month. Still, Oqood seems chuffed to bits to have investor confidence behind it.

And believe it or not, this isn’t just about automating legal drafting. It’s about empowering the whole sector to work smarter, not harder—a message that resonates strongly with Arageek’s own vision of energising and supporting innovation across MENA. If they can pull it off, it might just set a new standard for what modern legal practice looks like in the region. Time will tell, but things are definately moving fast.

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