LexFusion

LexFusion operates as a go-to-market collective and accelerator for a curated portfolio of legal technology companies. Founded in October 2020 by Joe Borstein and Paul Stroka, the firm was established to simplify the technology adoption process for law firms and corporate legal departments. The founding team was later joined by D. Casey Flaherty, who became the third co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer in April 2021. In February 2025, the growth advisory firm Baretz+Brunelle acquired LexFusion, integrating its team and founders, who joined as partners.

The founders brought extensive experience from the legal innovation sector to the venture. Borstein and Stroka are veterans of Pangea3, a legal process outsourcing firm that was acquired first by Thomson Reuters and later by EY. Flaherty previously served as a corporate counsel, a legal operations consultant, and Director of Legal Project Management at Baker McKenzie. This collective background in legal services, technology, and operations shaped LexFusion's approach to bridging the gap between legal tech vendors and purchasers. The firm was built on the premise of creating a more efficient sales cycle by acting as a trusted advisor and filter for its clients.

The company's business model is multifaceted, generating revenue primarily from its member legal tech companies. These revenue streams include retainer fees, commissions on sales, equity investments, and fees for strategic consulting services that cover product-market fit, marketing, and introductions to qualified leads. LexFusion provides its advisory services, market intelligence, and curated presentations to its customer base of law firms and corporate legal departments for free. This strategy allows the firm to gather unparalleled market insights from its frequent interactions—numbering over 2,600 meetings with hundreds of law departments and firms in a single year—which in turn informs the strategic guidance it provides to its paying member companies.

LexFusion functions as a nexus point in the legal ecosystem, connecting promising legal technologies with the law firms and in-house legal teams that need them. It hand-picks a portfolio of non-competing, best-in-class companies across various categories like contract lifecycle management, e-discovery, and AI productivity. For its customers (law firms and legal departments), LexFusion distills the complex and noisy legal tech market into concise, high-level consultations, helping them understand relevant solutions without enduring an onslaught of sales pitches. For its members (the tech companies), it provides accelerated market adoption and strategic growth support, having played a material role in the successful acquisitions of member companies like Casetext and Agiloft.

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