Ironclad

Ironclad is a contract lifecycle management software company founded in San Francisco in 2014 by Jason Boehmig, a corporate lawyer, and Cai GoGwilt, an engineer. It is privately held and venture-backed, with no strategic parent, and has been led since April 2025 by Dan Springer, previously chief executive of Docusign and Responsys.

Backed early by Y Combinator and then by Accel, Sequoia Capital and BOND, Ironclad raised a $150 million Series E led by Franklin Templeton in January 2022 that valued it at $3.2 billion. It bought the clickwrap agreement company PactSafe in 2021, added AI drafting and review through its Jurist assistant, announced a partnership with Harvey in 2025, and reported passing $200 million in annual recurring revenue in early 2026.

Ironclad at a glance:

• Founded: Founded in 2014 in San Francisco by Jason Boehmig, a lawyer, and Cai GoGwilt, an engineer, with early backing from Y Combinator.
• Headquarters: Headquartered in San Francisco, California, with a New York office and staff distributed across the United States.
• Ownership: Independent and venture-backed, with investors including Y Combinator, Accel, Sequoia Capital and BOND, and Franklin Templeton leading the 2022 Series E.
• Legal Technology Portfolio: Sells Ironclad, its contract lifecycle management platform, together with the Jurist AI assistant and the clickwrap agreement tooling acquired with PactSafe.
• Market Focus: Serves mid-market and enterprise corporate legal departments, concentrated in technology and financial services, selling to legal, sales and procurement rather than to law firms.

What legal teams should know: Ironclad fits departments with high contract volume that want legal to own the workflow while sales and procurement self-serve. Leadership changed in 2025 when a former Docusign chief executive took over, a signal of a push toward commercial scale, so buyers should ask about roadmap continuity. Implementation is configuration-heavy and generally needs a named internal owner.