JUPUS is a Cologne-based legal technology company building AI software that covers the full operational workflow of a German law firm, from the first client contact through to the final legal document. Rather than offering a single point tool, the platform is positioned as an end-to-end AI assistant for small and mid-sized practices that handle high volumes of routine matters.
The company was founded in 2022 by René Fergen and Jannis Gebauer. Its AI communicates directly with prospective and existing clients, handles administrative tasks, books appointments, gathers case details and drafts the documents the firm needs to move a case forward. JUPUS reports that hundreds of German law firms already use the product and that the average customer saves roughly 40 work hours per month, a figure the team expects to exceed 100 hours per month as additional AI features ship.
In May 2025 JUPUS closed a €6.5M seed round led by Acton Capital, with HTGF (High-Tech Gründerfonds) and business angels including Co-Founders from 1KOMMA5° and Refurbed participating. That followed an earlier €1.3M pre-seed from HTGF and angel investors, bringing total disclosed funding to roughly €7.8M (about $8.5M).
The company's core differentiator is its tight focus on German legal workflows: language, document templates, court interactions and regulatory expectations are all designed around domestic practice rather than translated from a US or UK product. That focus is positioned as a moat against horizontal legal-AI players entering the DACH region.
NeuronFeed lists JUPUS as a leading German legal AI scale-up and a benchmark for vertical, jurisdiction-specific AI products in Europe.