What GVA TECH does

GVA TECH株式会社 (GVA TECH Inc.) is a Japanese legal technology company founded on January 4, 2017 by practicing lawyer Shun Yamamoto. The company operates three integrated product lines serving distinct segments of the Japanese legal market: (1) OLGA, a legal automation SaaS platform for enterprise legal departments covering case intake, AI-powered triage, contract lifecycle management, and knowledge management, with named enterprise customers including Mizuno, BrainPad, Bandai, KAI Corporation, EPG, and Alm; (2) the Benpal sub-brand of AI tools for law firms and individual lawyers, including a Microsoft Word contract review add-in, AI litigation document generation, and AI adoption consulting, anchored by a 1,400+ member Generative AI Practice Community for Lawyers; and (3) the GVA series of self-serve online services for SMBs, startups, and individual entrepreneurs, including corporate registration (serving 30,000+ companies), trademark filing, social insurance documents, registry certificate acquisition, NDA review, and a free subsidy diagnosis tool. The company IPO'd on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market on December 26, 2024 (Ticker: 298A).

The underlying technology stack is built on generative AI and large language models, leveraging Claude AI models, the Dify open-source orchestration platform, and Sakura AI Engine infrastructure running on Sakura Internet's domestic data centers. Proprietary AI capabilities include auto-triage of incoming legal requests (claimed to reduce legal department workload by ~20%), AI extraction of structured data from contracts (with specialized prompts for Japan's new lease accounting standards effective April 2027), AI-powered contract review and litigation document generation trained on Japanese legal workflows, OCR and full-text search across documents, and approval workflow automation. The company maintains an explicit policy of not reusing customer data for AI model training, a key trust signal in the legal vertical. GVA TECH received three ITReview Grid Awards in Spring 2026 (CLM Leader, AI Contract Review Leader, Contract Management High Performer) and ranked 25th in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 2025 Japan program with 178% revenue growth over three fiscal years.

Revenue is generated through a mix of recurring SaaS subscriptions (OLGA enterprise licensing on annual contracts; Benpal at ¥40,000/month per account plus ¥10,000 per additional account), per-transaction fees (GVA corporate registration, trademark filing, labor documents at ¥3,000+ per document, registry certificate acquisition), and professional services (OLGA AI Consulting, multi-year engagement). Distribution combines direct enterprise field sales for OLGA and Benpal deployments, self-serve web channels for the GVA series, and channel partnerships with Sakura Internet (OLGA AI Consulting distribution), Thomson Reuters (GVA manage distribution), and Monex Script Bank (MCB FinTech Catalog listing). GVA TECH employs 51-100 people, primarily in Tokyo (headquarters relocated in April 2026 to Toranomon, Minato-ku), and pursues a horizontal segmentation strategy serving enterprises, law firms, and SMBs from a single AI legal technology platform.

Name

GVA TECH

Legal name

GVA TECH株式会社

Website

https://gvatech.co.jp

Company type

Public

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

GVA TECH is a Japanese legal tech company providing AI-powered legal automation SaaS (OLGA) for enterprise legal departments, AI productivity tools (Benpal) for law firms, and self-serve online services (GVA) for SMBs. Publicly listed on TSE Growth Market (298A) since December 2024.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Tech Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

AI Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) Platforms (HDAAAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

AI Application Enablement Platforms (Copilot/Agent Frameworks, SDKs) (HDAEANAJ)

Keywords

• Legal tech software
• Contract lifecycle management
• AI legal automation
• Corporate registration services
• Law firm productivity tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Yoyogi-sanyacho

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Revenue model

1. OLGA Legal Automation SaaS: Monthly subscription SaaS for enterprise legal departments. Revenue from seat-based licensing with tiered pricing. Mainstream revenue driver with growing enterprise customer base including major Japanese corporations.
2. Benpal Lawyer AI Services: Subscription-based AI services for law firms under the Benpal brand, including document creation and contract review. Additional per-account fees.
3. GVA Corporate Registration: One-time transaction-based revenue from online commercial registration document preparation services. Users pay per document type. Over 30,000 companies have used the service.
4. GVA Trademark Registration: One-time fee per trademark registration filing. Expanded in 2025 to support logo/figurative trademarks in addition to word marks.
5. GVA Labor Documents (GVA 労務書類): Per-document pricing starting at 3,000 yen per document for social insurance paperwork creation. Optional support plan adds 3,000 yen+ for filing assistance.
6. OLGA AI Consulting: Professional services providing AI implementation consulting for legal departments, including prompt design, knowledge base structuring, and AI workflow construction. Delivered as accompaniment consulting, not publicly disclosed pricing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

GVA TECH develops and sells AI-powered legal automation software, led by its flagship SaaS platform OLGA for enterprise legal departments (case intake, AI contract review, contract lifecycle management). Under the Benpal brand, it offers AI productivity tools for law firms (automated litigation document creation and AI contract review as a Microsoft Word add-in). It also runs the GVA series of self-service online services (corporate registration, trademark filing, registry certificate acquisition, labor documents, NDA review, subsidy diagnosis) used by over 30,000 SMBs, startups, and individual entrepreneurs.

Product overview

GVA TECH operates three distinct product portfolio areas: (01) Enterprise Legal Affairs — centered on the legal automation SaaS platform OLGA with its AI consulting add-on OLGA AIコンサルティング, plus Salesforce integration OLGA for Salesforce; (02) Law Firms — the ベンパル sub-brand encompassing ベンパル 書面作成 (AI-powered litigation document creation), ベンパル 契約書レビュー (AI contract review Word add-in), ベンパル AI活用顧問 (AI consulting), and the 弁護士のための生成AI実践コミュニティ (1,400+ member practitioner community); and (03) Corporate/IP — a suite of online procedural services including GVA 法人登記 (corporate registration, 30,000+ users), GVA 登記簿取得 (registry certificate acquisition), GVA 商标登録 (trademark filing for word and logo trademarks), GVA 法人議事録 (meeting minutes templates), GVA 補助金診断 (subsidy diagnostics), GVA NDAチェック (NDA review), and GVA 労務書類 (social insurance documents). The three areas share a common generative AI and legal automation technology foundation and target segments from large enterprises to SMEs, startups, and individuals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• OLGA (オルガ) Legal Automation SaaS End-to-end legal operations automation SaaS for enterprise legal departments, covering case intake, AI-powered auto-triage, contract review, contract lifecycle management, approval workflows, and structured legal knowledge management. Integrates with Slack, Teams, Salesforce, and email. Customers include Mizuno, BrainPad, Bandai, KAI Corporation, EPG, and Alm.
• OLGA AI Consulting Consulting add-on service for OLGA that combines legal domain expertise with generative AI implementation knowledge, covering AI strategy, AI governance design, custom prompt engineering, legal knowledge data structuring, and AI workflow construction for enterprise legal departments. Also delivered on Sakura Internet's domestic VPS infrastructure (Dify + Sakura AI Engine) for security-sensitive clients.
• Benpal 書面作成 (Benpal Document Creation) Litigation-focused AI system for lawyers that uses a 3Step structure (case type, material facts, and evidence) to automatically generate legal documents such as complaints (訴状), answers (答弁書), and preparation documents (準備書面) without manual prompt writing. Developed in collaboration with 1,200+ lawyers.
• Benpal 契約書レビュー (Benpal Contract Review) AI-powered contract review Microsoft Word add-in for lawyers that automates risk extraction, clause modification suggestions, and comment insertion across all contract types and party positions. Includes 1,500+ contract templates, visualizes the AI's judgment basis, and commits not to reuse customer data for AI training. Priced at 40,000 yen/month per account plus 10,000 yen additional fee.
• Benpal AI活用顧問 (Benpal AI Consulting) AI consulting service for law firms covering needs assessment, strategy design, tool selection, pilot testing, and staff rollout, accompanying firms through the entire process of effective generative AI adoption in legal practice.
• GVA 法人登記 (GVA Corporate Registration) Online service for creating commercial and corporate change registration application documents. Users input company information to generate documents in as little as 7 minutes. Supports 4 entity types and 30 registration types. Over 30,000 companies served. Pricing is per-document.
• GVA 登記簿取得 (GVA Registry Certificate Acquisition) 24/7 web-based service for requesting and obtaining corporate registry certificates (登記事項証明書, 履歴事項全部証明書, 現在事項全部証明書, 登記情報PDF). Requires minimal input and credit card payment; delivery within approximately 1 minute.
• GVA 商標登録 (GVA Trademark Registration) Online trademark registration service enabling users to prepare trademark application documents without specialized expertise. Supports both word and logo/figurative trademark applications, includes similar trademark search, and offers simple flat-rate pricing. Beta launched May 2025, formal service August 2025.
• GVA 労務書類 (GVA Labor Documents) Online service for creating social insurance documents (newly hired employee notification, insured person qualification acquisition notification, dependent change notification) required within 5 days of company incorporation. Starting from 3,000 yen per document, with optional submission support plan including registered certificate delivery.
• GVA NDAチェック (GVA NDA Check) AI-powered online NDA review service that checks confidentiality agreements for legal risks. Originally launched as AI-CON in April 2018.
• GVA 補助金診断 (GVA Subsidy Diagnosis) Free diagnostic service helping companies identify applicable subsidies and grants. Users answer approximately 3 minutes of questions to receive a simulation of likely eligible programs and maximum benefit amounts.

Quantifiable outcome

• Legal department case volume reduced by ~20% through AI auto-triage
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• First Kioku Co., Ltd. (第一法規株式会社)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 June 2026Three-party strategic partnership for integrated litigation document creation. GVA TECH's Benpal 書面作成 (AI document creation), FRAIM's Suguraku Word add-in, and First Kioku's D1-Law.com case law database (360,000+ cases) are seamlessly integrated. Enables lawyers to go from case law research to document drafting to final Word formatting without leaving the integrated workflow. Service launch planned for fall 2026. Also includes joint sales/promotion and co-hosted events (e.g., the June 2026 conference held at First Kioku's headquarters).
• FRAIM Inc. ( FRAIM株式会社)coreTechnology or Integration · 22 June 2026FRAIM provides its Suguraku Word add-in for document editing support as part of the three-party litigation document creation platform with GVA TECH and First Kioku. FRAIM's 'document业务的 open platform' philosophy aligns with GVA TECH's integration-first approach. Founding date April 2018, capital 100 million yen, Tokyo Shibuya headquarters.
• Sakura Internet Inc. (さくらインターネット株式会社)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 22 April 2026Sales partner contract for OLGA AI Consulting distributed via Sakura's domestic VPS infrastructure. OLGA AI Consulting runs on Sakura's Sakura VPS with Dify + Sakura AI Engine startup script on Sakura's domestic data centers. This partnership enables GVA TECH to offer secure, Japan-domestic AI infrastructure for enterprise customers concerned about data governance and overseas data transfer.
• Monex Script Bank Inc. (マネックスクリプトバンク株式会社)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 12 April 2026OLGA is listed on the MCB FinTech Catalog operated by Monex Script Bank, a catalog platform for corporate financial and back-office solutions. This listing increases visibility to corporate buyers searching for fintech/legaltech tools.
• Thomson ReutersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 6 June 2024Thomson Reuters serves as a distribution partner for GVA manage (now integrated into OLGA) matter management system, reselling/distributing to Thomson Reuters' enterprise legal department customer base in Japan.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights9 records

Direct peers

• LegalForce (Regalia): Leading Japanese legal tech company offering AI-powered contract review and CLM software to enterprises and law firms. Direct head-to-head competitor to GVA TECH's OLGA and Benpal in the Japanese market with a similar enterprise SaaS business model.
• MNTSQ: Tokyo-based legal tech startup providing AI contract review and analysis tools to Japanese enterprises and law firms. Closely comparable to OLGA in target customer (corporate legal), product category (AI contract review), and Japanese-market focus.
• DISCO Corporation: Japan-listed developer of precision dicing and AI/legal technology products, including AI-based e-discovery and document review solutions. Comparable to GVA TECH as a Japan-based, AI-driven legal technology company serving enterprises and law firms.
• FRONTEO: Japan-listed AI company with a legal technology business focused on e-discovery, fraud detection, and litigation document review. Comparable to GVA TECH as a domestic Japan-based AI vendor serving law firms and corporate legal teams.
• Bengo4.com (弁護士ドットコム): Japan's largest legal portal operator, providing consumer legal services, lawyer matching, and the CloudSign e-contract SaaS used by Japanese corporates. Comparable as a Japan-based legal tech platform serving both consumers/SMBs (Bengo4.com) and enterprise legal workflows (CloudSign), overlapping with GVA TECH's enterprise and self-serve segments.

Regional players

• Ironclad: U.S.-based CLM platform offering AI-powered contract creation, review, and workflow tools to in-house legal teams. Comparable to OLGA in product category (enterprise CLM with AI) and customer profile (corporate legal departments), but operating primarily in North America rather than Japan.
• Evisort (Workday): U.S.-based AI contract intelligence and CLM platform (acquired by Workday) specializing in AI-powered contract review and data extraction. Closely comparable to OLGA's AI extraction and contract review capabilities, but operating in the North American market.

Broad incumbents

• DocuSign: Global leader in e-signature and agreement lifecycle management (formerly DocuSign CLM). Comparable as a broad enterprise SaaS platform for contracts and legal workflows, but at much larger scale and serving a global customer base that includes Japan.
• Wolters Kluwer: Global information services company with a large legal and regulatory software portfolio (including CLM, compliance, and legal analytics). Comparable to GVA TECH as an enterprise-grade legal tech vendor, but with a much broader product set and global reach.
• LexisNexis (RELX): Global legal information and analytics provider (part of RELX) serving law firms and corporate legal departments with research, compliance, and AI-powered analytics tools. Comparable to GVA TECH as an enterprise legal data/AI vendor, with much larger scale and global reach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GVATECH
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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors3 records

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M&A

Investments

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