Simplicity And eDiscovery? A Conversation With CloudNine's Brad Jenkins

Many legal tech companies can begin earning revenue at a very early stage and grow the company without resorting to cash injections.

CloudNineLogo (1)If you judge legal tech startups by the amount of funding they have raised, you get something of an incomplete picture. Take for instance a recent map of the legal tech space created by Tom Wilson at Seedcamp. Now before I criticize the map, let me say that it was very effective marketing tool because it got people talking about legal tech and raised Seedcamp’s profile as an investor in legal tech. A really good piece of content starts the conversation and Tom’s map did just that, so nicely done Tom (look for a conversation with Tom coming soon on ATL).

But, if I were to nitpick (which I am about to do), I would say that the list focuses too much on funding. First, legal tech companies (most of whom are private) do not always report their funding. Second, some of the fastest growing companies, like Kira Systems, never raised a dime in funding. In fact, many legal tech companies can begin earning revenue at a very early stage and grow the company without resorting to cash injections.

Case in point: Houston based eDiscovery company CloudNine Discovery, which has bootstrapped its growth. I met the folks from CloudNine earlier this year at the Legaltech Show, and have been following them since. Originally started as a litigation support and services company, CloudNine ultimately decided to invest in building their own end to end ediscovery solution. According to their website, they have worked with over 50 of the AmLaw 200, several large corporations and recently received acclaim from Corporate Counsel for their online review platform.

Today, I’m chatting with CloudNine’s CEO Brad Jenkins to find out more about his company’s story, their approach to the cloud and the future of the ediscovery space. As always, these are not live chats, they are real-life conversations, so for best experience follow along as the conversation unfolds.

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