Batch Ventures
Back O' Th' Bank House, Hereford Street, Bolton, Lancashire, BL1 8HJ, United Kingdom
Overview
Batch Ventures is a community-driven venture funds that back exceptional founders in proven networks.
- Total investments
- 2
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 2
- Active investors
- 0
Investment portfolio
- Orthogonal
Participated · Seed · Jun 2026
Orthogonal is a YC-backed unified API platform where AI agents and developers can discover and pay for best-in-class APIs through a single key, with usage-based pricing where you pay only for what you call. The catalog spans go-to-market, investors, marketing, and recruiting use cases, and providers can list an API once to make it instantly discoverable by every AI agent and developer on the platform, getting paid per request.
- General Legal
Participated · Seed · Mar 2026
General Legal launched in January 2026 to rebuild the law firm model around AI and human attorneys, aiming to automate repetitive legal work while preserving human legal judgment for strategy and negotiation. The firm signs clients via an engagement letter, embeds lawyers into customers’ workflows (including Slack), and offers features like a free legal health check to surface risks before fundraising or enterprise deals. The company reports reaching $1 million ARR within two months of launch. CEO Ryan Walker and co-founders Javed Qadrud-Din and J.P. Mohler all previously worked at Casetext; Walker helped build CoCounsel before Casetext was acquired for roughly $650 million. General Legal emphasizes transparent pricing and faster turnaround by using AI behind the scenes so attorneys can focus on higher-value legal work. The startup is using its YC backing and seed capital to scale its AI-native law firm model and expand access to proactive legal guidance for founders.
Team
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