News Summary

• Mitch Duncombe is trying to build a cheaper way for startups to get off the ground.
• His company, Vector Legal, combines a law firm staffed by attorneys with software that lets founders handle more legal work themselves.
• The company raised $5.19 million in seed funding shortly after graduating from Y Combinator's winter batch.
• Duncombe's pitch is that Vector will wrangle a startup's first contracts — and still be there when it sells for a billion dollars..
• Atrium pioneered the tech-driven law firm model before shutting down in 2020.