NotarNow

What NotarNow does

NotarNow (operating under LegalNow GmbH / LegalNow Software GmbH, headquartered in Munich) is an AI-powered legal tech SaaS company that builds workflow software for the German notary profession. Founded in 2023 by Tim Kahlhofen (CEO) and Paul Prinzing (COO), the company sells four interconnected products: KI:RSTEN (a flagship AI assistant platform launched March 2026 with AI legal research, automated draft creation, XNP/beN mailbox automation, and over 50 pre-trained assistants for notary workflows), Online-Formulare (intelligent client data-capture forms embedded in notary websites, WCAG 2.1 AA / BFSG-compliant), KI-Grundbuchassistent (proprietary OCR-based land registry document reader), and KI-Nachlassverzeichnis (AI-based estate inventory tool). Underlying technology combines domain-specialized AI models with content from the Deutscher Notarverlag (100+ legal books and full notar journal archive), Azure Document Intelligence and AWS Textract document pipelines, vector-store semantic search, and native integrations with essentially all German notary software platforms plus official registers (Handelsregister, Transparenzregister, Grundbuchportale, BORIS, beN, XNP, Bundesanzeiger).

The business model is a flat-rate subscription (monthly or annual) priced per notary office rather than per seat, with a 14-day free trial that includes onboarding and staff training. The company sells directly to notaries and law firms with notary functions through an internal sales team led by the Head of Sales, supported by webinars, demo scheduling (via Pipedrive), and customer referrals. NotarNow is fully bootstrapped with no venture capital funding and operates from a single Munich office. Reported metrics include approximately €2.5 million ARR achieved in 2.5 years, a stated target of €5 million ARR within the next 12 months, 1,500+ notary offices on the platform, 6,000+ daily end users, a sub-1% churn rate, and demo-to-trial and trial-to-closing conversion rates both above 95% — indicators of strong product-market fit. The full product surface is hosted on ISO 27001 and BSI C5-certified servers in Germany and complies with BNotO, §26a BNotO / §203 StGB confidentiality, and DSGVO.

Name

NotarNow

Legal name

LegalNow GmbH // LegalNow Software GmbH

Website

https://notarnow.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

NotarNow is a Munich-based legal AI SaaS company serving German notaries. Its products include the KI:RSTEN AI assistant, intelligent online forms, AI land registry extraction, and AI estate inventory, all integrating with major German notary software.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription - KI:RSTEN: Monthly or annual subscription model with flat rate pricing for entire notary office, not per seat. No credit system or usage-based additional costs. Individual offers based on size, document volume and usage scope.
2. Online Forms Subscription: Subscription-based online form solutions integrated into customer websites, with interface to notary software.
3. GwG Add-On: Additional module for money laundering compliance (EU Anti-Money Laundering Regulation implementation due July 2027), integrated into KI:RSTEN.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

NotarNow provides an AI-powered Legal Tech Workspace for German notaries, comprising four interconnected SaaS products: KI:RSTEN (an AI assistant platform for legal research, document drafting, and register queries), Online-Formulare (intelligent digital forms for client data capture that integrate with notary software), KI-Grundbuchassistent (AI-based land registry document reader using proprietary OCR), and KI-Nachlassverzeichnis (AI-based estate inventory creation tool). The products are sold as flat-rate office subscriptions to notary offices and law firms across Germany, with add-ons such as GwG anti-money laundering compliance, and integrate directly with major German notary software and public registers.

Product overview

NotarNow is a Legal AI Workspace for German notary offices, consisting of four interconnected products. The flagship product KI:RSTEN serves as the central AI assistant platform, integrating all AI capabilities — from legal research and draft creation to land registry and register access — via a WebApp, Microsoft Word Add-In, and Outlook Add-In. The Online-Formulare product provides intelligent digital client data collection forms embedded in notary websites, with direct interfaces to notary software for automatic file creation. The KI-Grundbuchassistent (now integrated into KI:RSTEN as version 2.0) and KI-Nachlassverzeichnis are specialized AI modules for land registry document reading and estate inventory creation respectively. The product portfolio is fully integrated with major German notary software platforms (CVC-Notre, ProNotar, ArnoTop, NOAH, RA-MICRO, Notastic, Advoware, NoRA Advanced, TriNotar) and external registers (Handelsregister, Transparenzregister, Grundbuchportale, BORIS, beN, XNP). The company operates a bootstrapped, no-VC model and serves over 1,500 notaries and 6,000+ daily users across Germany.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• KI:RSTEN KI:RSTEN is NotarNow's flagship AI assistant platform for German notary offices, combining specialized language models with high-quality specialist content from the Deutscher Notarverlag. It provides AI-powered legal research, automated notarial draft creation via a WebApp and Microsoft Word Add-In, integrated access to the Handelsregister, Transparenzregister, Grundbuchportale, BORIS, and Bundesanzeiger, automatic file setup, XNP interface for UVZ entries, automatic beN mailbox processing, and over 50 pre-trained AI assistants covering real estate, corporate, inheritance, family law, and GwG compliance. Delivered as a cloud-based SaaS subscription for entire notary offices.
• Online-Formulare Online-Formulare are intelligent online forms for German notary websites that collect client data through dynamic questioning logic. Forms integrate with notary software (CVC-Notre, ProNotar, ArnoTop, NOAH, RA-MICRO, Notastic, Advoware, NoRA Advanced, TriNotar) to enable automatic file creation including duplicate checking, and comply with DSGVO and BFSG/WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards. Sold as a subscription and embedded into customer notary websites by NotarNow implementation experts.
• KI-Grundbuchassistent KI-Grundbuchassistent is an AI-powered land registry document reader that automatically extracts property data from scanned German Grundbuchauszüge using proprietary OCR and trained AI models. It detects changes, deletions, and modifications, and exports results as XML or Word documents for direct import into notary software. Developed in collaboration with partner notary offices and now integrated into KI:RSTEN as version 2.0.
• KI-Nachlassverzeichnis KI-Nachlassverzeichnis is NotarNow's AI-based estate inventory solution for creating notarial estate inventories. It features intelligent online forms for data collection, automated inquiry letter generation, AI analysis of bank statements for suspicious transactions, an AI photo app for on-site inventory documentation at property inspections, and automated draft creation including attachments.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,500 notaries actively using the platform
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration31 records

AI capability12 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Deutscher NotarverlagcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Strategic content partnership providing KI:RSTEN access to over 100 specialized books and all issues of the notar journal, enabling high-quality AI research capabilities with access to laws, case law, and specialized legal sources. This partnership enables unique AI-powered legal research capabilities.
• RA-MICROcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnership for data import/export between NotarNow products and RA-MICRO notary software. Enables automatic file creation and document transfer.
• AdvowarecoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnership for data import/export between NotarNow products and Advoware notary software.
• NOAHcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnership for data import/export between NotarNow products and NOAH notary software.
• CVC-NotrecoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnership for data import/export between NotarNow products and CVC-Notre notary software.
• ProNotarcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnership for data import/export between NotarNow products and ProNotar notary software.
• ArnoTopcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnership for data import/export between NotarNow products and ArnoTop notary software.
• NotasticcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnership for data import/export between NotarNow products and Notastic notary software.
• NoRA AdvancedcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnership with DynDok for data import and with Posteingang PLUS for document transfer.
• TriNotarcoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration partnership via Microsoft Power Automate for data transfer with TriNotar.
• Handelsregister (Commercial Register)coreTechnology or IntegrationDirect data access integration for commercial register queries through KI:RSTEN.
• Transparenzregister (Transparency Register)coreTechnology or IntegrationDirect data access integration for transparency register queries through KI:RSTEN.
• Grundbuchportale der Bundesländer (Land Register Portals)coreTechnology or IntegrationDirect data access integration for land register portal queries through KI:RSTEN.
• BORIScoreTechnology or IntegrationDirect data access integration for property valuation information through KI:RSTEN.
• Bundesanzeiger (Federal Gazette)coreTechnology or IntegrationDirect data access integration for Bundesanzeiger publications through KI:RSTEN.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Spellbook: Generative AI tool that drafts and reviews contracts for legal practitioners. Comparable to NotarNow's KI:RSTEN as a vertical AI assistant integrated into legal professionals' existing document workflows.
• Josef: AI legal assistant for law firms and in-house teams, offering automated drafting and Q&A. Comparable to NotarNow as a chatbot-style legal AI workspace for specialized professional users.
• Harvey: AI-powered legal assistant platform built for law firms and legal professionals. Highly comparable to NotarNow as a domain-specialized generative-AI workspace embedded into lawyers' daily document and research workflows.

Others

• NetDocuments: Cloud-based document management system widely used in legal practices. Comparable as adjacent document infrastructure serving the same professional services customer base as NotarNow.
• iManage: Enterprise document and email management platform for legal professionals. Comparable as an adjacent document-management infrastructure provider serving the same legal customer base.

Emerging players

• Bryter: No-code automation platform purpose-built for legal and compliance workflows with German operations. Comparable as an emerging player delivering AI-driven legal automation to professional services firms.

Regional players

• CVC-Notre: Specialist German notary software vendor, currently an integration partner of NotarNow. Comparable as a regional player serving the same German notary customer base with complementary system-of-record functionality.
• ProNotar: Specialist German notary software vendor integrated with NotarNow. Comparable as a regional platform competing for the same notary office seat with workflow software.

Broad incumbents

• RA-MICRO: One of Germany's leading legal and notary software platforms, used by many of NotarNow's customers. It is both a partner and a potential competitor, representing a broader incumbent that could natively embed AI features.
• DATEV: Germany's dominant tax, legal and notarial software ecosystem. Comparable as a broad incumbent serving German legal and notarial workflows with deep regulatory relationships and large customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/notarnow

Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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