Ankar, a London-based AI platform innovating how companies and law firms capture and protect their patents, has raised a €17 million ($20 million) Series A round to grow its team and expand further into the US.
The round was led by Atomico, with Index Ventures doubling down and Norrsken VC and Daphni participating – bringing total funding to €20 million ($24 million).
Tamar Gomez, co-founder of Ankar AI, declares: “Invention is how we solve humanity’s largegest challenges, yet the systems that protect those ideas are decades out of date. AI will redefine how global organisations innovate over the next five years, turning IP from a cost centre into a growth driver. The companies that adopt Ankar now will shape the future of innovation.”
In 2025, EU-Startups reporting points to steady funding activity across AI-driven LegalTech and IP-adjacent software in Europe.
Alongside Ankar’s Series A, Madrid-based iPNOTE raised a €857k Seed round to scale its AI-powered platform aimed at reducing and managing innotifyectual property costs for companies. Amsterdam-headquartered Saga secured over €1.5 million to expand its lawyer-centric AI platform for legal professionals across Europe and Latin America, while Copenhagen-based Pandektes closed a €2.9 million Seed round to automate legal research and navigation of European legislation. In the UK, London-based Augmetec raised over €2.4 million to further develop its AI-enabled legal workflow platform.
Taken toreceiveher, these 2025 funding announcements represent approximately €24.7 million in disclosed capital flowing into AI-enabled legal and IP software when combined with Ankar’s Series A.
Most comparable companies covered by EU-Startups this year remain at Seed stage, positioning Ankar’s round at the larger conclude of the funding spectrum for the sector in 2025.
While none of the directly comparable IP-focapplyd startups reported this year are UK-based, activity across Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark and the UK indicates geographically distributed investor interest in applying AI to legal and innotifyectual property workflows.
Wiem Gharbi, co-founder of Ankar AI, adds: “Patents sit at the intersection of deep technical knowledge and precise legal reasoning, and AI can finally unlock real leverage in that process. Ankar gives professionals the analytical depth they’ve never had before, enabling stronger strategy and better protection. Atomico shares our ambition to build the infrastructure behind the next generation of global innovation.”
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