The legal publisher C.H.Beck acquires the majority stake in the Berlin-based legal AI provider Noxtua for more than 100 million euros. C.H.Beck had already led the Series B round in 2025 with 80.7 million euros – at that time the largest legal AI financing in Europe. New in the circle of investors is the Austrian publisher Manz, while several previous investors are exiting.
Publisher expands stake after second financing round
C.H.Beck is not a new investor in Noxtua. The Munich-based publisher, founded in 1763, already led the Series B round in spring 2025 and will, according to its own statements, become the majority shareholder with the current Series C. The company has not disclosed a specific shareholding percentage. In addition to C.H.Beck, the Austrian publisher Manz is investing for the first time as a second specialist publisher.
The fresh capital is primarily intended for product development and expansion into other European countries, supported by collaborations with specialist publishers in several states. According to the tech industry service tech.eu, the previous investors Global Brain Corporation, KDDI Open Innovation Fund, CMS, Dentons, and IOTA founder Dominik Schiener are exiting in return. Additionally, the acquisition of the French publisher Lextenso, expected in mid-October, is expected to contribute content to Noxtua’s development.
The software covers the entire legal writing process – from research to the analysis of complex legal issues to document creation. For this purpose, Noxtua combines its own AI models with curated legal databases from the participating publishers. High-quality data combined with advanced AI technology is, according to C.H.Beck board member Klaus Weber, the recipe for success in a rapidly changing market.
Noxtua grows in users, team, and revenue
The provider, which emerged from research at the University of Oxford and Imperial College London in 2017, launched its first product version in 2024. Today, Noxtua claims to have more than 30,000 users, around 100 employees, and six locations in Berlin, Paris, Stockholm, Zagreb, Munich, and Freiburg.
Within twelve months, the team has quadrupled, and within four months, revenue has quintupled, explained Noxtua CEO Leif-Nissen Lundbæk – figures that have not been independently verified. The company cites the increasing demand from law firms and legal departments for AI-supported research as a growth driver.
Noxtua is not yet among the most valuable German AI companies, with companies like Helsing and Celonis leading the ranking. The withdrawal of previous investors and the transition to two specialist publishers as anchor investors nonetheless mark a strategic shift for the startup towards a closer connection to the legal industry itself. Similar consolidation is evident internationally: just in September, the US provider Harvey raised 550 million dollars for legal AI.
Legal industry tests AI-supported research more broadly
The trade medium juve.de describes the round as a record investment and places the deal in an increasingly competitive market for legal AI in Germany. Unlike purely financial investors, Noxtua is thus more closely tied to established publishers that have extensive legal data holdings.
C.H.Beck itself refers to the largest legal database in the German-speaking area with more than 60 million documents, which is to be integrated even more closely with the Noxtua platform in the future. For law firms and corporate lawyers, this potentially means more context in AI-supported research, but also a stronger reliance on a single provider.
For legal practice, the deal specifically means: those who use Noxtua through a law firm or legal department will gradually gain access to more extensive legal sources from several European countries. The participating publishers will gradually feed their content into the platform. For individual users, access does not initially change: Noxtua remains a paid B2B product for law firms, companies, and authorities, and a public retail tariff is not known.
It will be crucial whether the closer ties to individual publishers restrict the content independence of legal AI or whether competing providers with more open data sources can counter this. The expected acquisition of Lextenso in mid-October is likely to be an initial test of how quickly the publishing consortium around Noxtua can actually establish itself across Europe.
