Prime Highlight
- Alice has secured €1 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate development of its AI platform designed to support end-to-end legal casework.
- The startup focuses on verified, traceable, and lawyer-controlled AI to address growing concerns over errors from unverified legal AI tools.
Key Facts
- The funding round was led by NewSchool and Seeder Fund, with participation from Belgian angel investors.
- Founded in 2025, Alice plans to expand beyond Belgium into the Netherlands and France following early adoption by local law firms.
Background
Belgium-based legal technology startup Alice has raised €1 million in pre-seed funding to speed up the development of its end-to-end AI platform for legal casework. The round was led by NewSchool and Seeder Fund, with support from a group of Belgian angel investors.
The funding comes at a time when law firms are increasing their use of artificial intelligence, but courts across several countries have raised concerns about errors linked to unverified AI tools. In Belgium, judges have recently reopened cases and taken procedural action after lawyers submitted documents containing incorrect or made-up references. Similar incidents have been reported in other jurisdictions.
Alice aims to solve this problem by embedding AI directly into legal workflows with a strong focus on verification, traceability, and human control. The company said its platform helps lawyers keep oversight of every step, reducing the risk of unreliable outputs.
The startup launched in June 2025 and was founded by practising lawyers Jeroen Villé and Armin Wintein, along with chief technology officer Joren Coulier. Since launch, Alice has gained early traction, with several law firms in Belgium already using the platform in their daily work.
Villé, co-founder and chief executive of Alice, said the company believes AI can only succeed in the legal sector if lawyers can trust the technology and stay in control of their cases. He added that Alice helps legal teams work faster and more consistently without sacrificing professional responsibility.
The platform follows the natural flow of legal casework. It guides users through each stage, from document review and legal research to building arguments and preparing materials for clients and courts, all within one system.
With the new funding, Alice will improve its main product, hire more technical and support staff, and expand beyond Belgium. The company will first enter the Netherlands and France as it builds a strong regional presence in trusted legal AI solutions.
