Copenhagen-based legal tech firm SmallClaims, which develops an AI-powered platform to automate small-claims litigation, has raised €2 million in a seed round led by Vendep Capital.
Founded in 2021 by Christian Olson, SmallClaims has developed a platform that uses AI agents to manage the entire litigation process, from legal assessment and settlement to filing, judgment, and enforcement. The platform has reduced manual case handling time from more than 15 hours to around 1.5 hours per case. The company’s legal team currently reviews the agents’ work and appears in court when cases remain unresolved before a hearing.
“Every year, European businesses write off more than €930 billion in claims – not because they’re not owed the money, but because a court case over a €2,000 invoice takes 15+ hours of legal work and often more than a year. So they let it go,”
said Christian Olson, Founder and CEO, SmallClaims
SmallClaims serves more than 500 customers, including debt collection agencies, law firms, and businesses handling large volumes of outstanding invoices. In 2025, the company processed more than 3,200 cases, with case intake growing by over 370 percent between 2023 and 2025, and reports a win rate of more than 90 percent.
“The court system was built for an era in which a lawyer sat with every single case. That makes sense for a €1 million dispute, but not for a €2,000 invoice. The consequence is that European businesses give up hundreds of billions of euros they are legally owed every year. We have built a machine that can run those cases at a fraction of the cost – and with this round we will prove that it works country after country, not just in Denmark.”
said Christian Olson
With the fresh capital, the company plans to further develop its AI platform, expand into additional European markets, and grow its team in Copenhagen. The goal is to make litigation over smaller claims more cost-effective by automating legal work that would otherwise require significant time and resources.
