Ep 102: Founder-Turned-VC Jules Miller On Investing In Legal Tech

<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/julesmiller/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Jules Miller</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">knows what it is to be a legal tech entrepreneur. She is a three-time founder, twice of legal tech companies: Hire an Esquire in 2012 and Evolve Law in 2015. Now a partner in venture capital firm</span> <a href= "https://mindset.ventures/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mindset Ventures</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, she is leading her firm’s expansion into legal tech investing, most recently with the Series A financing of legal marketplace</span> <a href= "https://www.priorilegal.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Priori Legal</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On this episode of LawNext, Miller joins host Bob Ambrogi for a conversation about venture investing – in technology generally and in legal technology specifically. She discusses what she looks for in a founder, the types of companies and technologies that excite her, and how a founder can get her ear. She also talks about what VCs can do to increase diversity among founders. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Prior to joining Mindset in June, Miller was an executive at IBM, where she co-founded IBM Blockchain Ventures, launched and ran the IBM Blockchain Accelerator, and led the IBM Blockchain Garage for North America. Earlier, she was a partner at LunaCap Ventures, a venture debt fund investing in diverse founders, and was COO of gender lens investing pioneer BRAVA Investments. She is co-author of the forthcoming book,</span> <a href="https://amzn.to/2IJ3HL1"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Designing the Successful Corporate Accelerator</span></em></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><strong>Thank You To Our Sponsors</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode of LawNext is generously made possible by our sponsors. We appreciate their support and hope you will check them out:</span> <span