SAL launches Asia-wide legaltech accelerator

It is looking for firms that startups focused on artificial intelligence, blockchain and advanced analytics.

The Singapore Academy of Law’s (SAL) accelerator programme, Future Law Innovation Programme (FLIP), is now accepting applicants for its Asia-wide accelerator dubbed as “Global Legal Innovation and Digital Entrepreneurship” (GLIDE).

The three-month programme is open to start-ups in the legal, compliance and regulation tech fields. SAL also said iIt is especially suited for firms that specialises in technologies like artificial intelligence, blockchain, advanced analytics, and automated data collection and analysis.

Applying startups should have at least a working prototype and be at either a pre-revenue or post-first revenue stage.

Successful applicants will be notified in July.

Last January 2018, SAL launched “Accelerate!”, a 100-day programme in partnership with Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and Singapore Management University (SMU).

Also read: How Singapore is bringing the legal industry into the digital age

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