Ep 142: Marking 20 Years, Nextpoint’s CEO Rakesh Madhava Discusses First-Ever Financing, First-Ever Acquisition, and This Week’s User Conference

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This marks the 20th year in business for</span> <a href= "https://www.nextpoint.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Nextpoint</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, and it is shaping up to be a momentous one for the Chicago-based e-discovery and case preparation company. Having been bootstrapped since its founding, Nextpoint recently closed its first round of outside financing. Having never made an acquisition, it recently acquired deposition software company</span> <a href="https://www.warroomlaw.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">WarRoom</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. And this week, Nextpoint is holding a virtual user conference,</span> <a href= "https://www.nextpoint.com/on-point-2021-register/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">On Point 2021</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, where it will lay out its roadmap for the future of the product. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On this episode of LawNext, Nextpoint’s founder and CEO</span> <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/rakeshmadhava/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Rakesh Madhava</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">joins host Bob Ambrogi to discuss these recent developments and to share the story of how he founded and built the company. As you will hear, Madhava’s path to becoming a founder was not a typical one, and the path the company has taken since he founded it as one of the first cloud-based e-discovery platforms also was not typical. </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></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://joinparadigm.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Paradigm</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, home to the practice management platforms</span> <a href= "https://www.practicepanther.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">PracticePanther</span></a><span st