# Jack Newton

> Jack Newton is a Series A investor at Clio (Vancouver) backing Legal and Software. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Clio](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clio)
- Location: Vancouver, Canada
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackbnewton
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/jack_newton
- Website: http://about.me/jack.newton
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jack.b.newton

Jack Newton is a Series A investor at Clio in Vancouver focused on Legal and Software. An experienced business leader, software developer and entrepreneur, Jack provides the strategic vision that has made Clio a leader in legal cloud computing.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2M–$3.5M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.3M–$2M |
| Series A | $5.5M–$20M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Legal | 4 | 40% |
| Software | 3 | 30% |
| Legal Tech | 3 | 30% |
| Internet | 2 | 20% |
| Consulting | 2 | 20% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 30% |
| Seed | 2 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 20% |
| Grant | 1 | 10% |
| Series B | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 50% |
| Canada | 3 | 30% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Unblocked | Unblocked is a continuous integration platform for mobile apps hosted in the cloud. Unblocked was developed as a result of difficult collective experiences spending long periods of time in meetings, putting up with interruptions, and sifting through dated documentation while developing software at businesses like Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Apple. | $20M | Series A | May 06, 2025 |  |
| Hello Divorce | Hello Divorce is an online platform that offers services and self-service tools to complete divorce processes in 1/3 the time and at 1/10 the typical cost. It fixes the broken and expensive divorce process with a combination of software and accessible, affordable legal and financial services. Hello Divorce helps clients get through theirdivorce quickly and affordably, with less confusion and stress. | $3.3M | Seed | Oct 19, 2022 |  |
| Tangibly | Tangibly is a platform for businesses to manage their intellectual property by securing their trade secrets in legally enforceable form. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Aug 18, 2022 |  |
| Clearbrief | Clearbrief leverages cutting-edge AI and NLP to transform legal writing and the justice system. | $3.5M | Seed | Aug 26, 2021 |  |
| DoNotPay | DoNotPay is an online robot lawyer that allows anyone to automatically claim asylum in the U.S, U.K, and Canada for free. | $10M | Series B | Aug 01, 2021 |  |
| Hello Divorce | Hello Divorce is an online platform that offers services and self-service tools to complete divorce processes in 1/3 the time and at 1/10 the typical cost. It fixes the broken and expensive divorce process with a combination of software and accessible, affordable legal and financial services. Hello Divorce helps clients get through theirdivorce quickly and affordably, with less confusion and stress. | $2M | Seed | Jul 29, 2021 |  |
| Hello Divorce | Hello Divorce is an online platform that offers services and self-service tools to complete divorce processes in 1/3 the time and at 1/10 the typical cost. It fixes the broken and expensive divorce process with a combination of software and accessible, affordable legal and financial services. Hello Divorce helps clients get through theirdivorce quickly and affordably, with less confusion and stress. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jul 29, 2021 |  |
| Athennian | Athennian integrates all the services you need to manage your contract operations in one place. From digital signature to approval workflows. No extra subscriptions or clunky software. | $5.5M | Series A | Mar 04, 2021 |  |
| Atrium LTS | Atrium builds products and services to help automate legal workflows, innovate new processes within law firms, and help firms identify and attract new clients. Its technology provides a better experience for legal clients than they previously thought possible, increasing communication and speed of service.The company collaborates withforward-thinking lawyers to help determine the direction and decisions for these products. | $10.5M | Series A | Jun 15, 2017 |  |
| UBC Sauder School of Business | The UBC Sauder School of Business is Canada's leading academic business school. | $3M | Grant |  |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CEAS Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ceas-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Gaingels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gaing) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Lightbank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightbank) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northwestern-mutual-future-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Angel Collective](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acof) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Clio

VC Fund · Vancouver, Canada

Clio is a suite of web-based tools that help law firms in practice management and client collaboration. Clio is a suite of online tools designed to manage a law firm. Completely web-based, Clio is a practice management system that is specifically designed for solo practitioners and small law firms. It was founded in 2008 and headquartered inBritish Columbia, Canada.

5 contacts available at Clio.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jack Newton | CEO & Co - Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jack-newton |
| Rian Gauvreau | CPO & Co - Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rian-gauvreau |
| George Psiharis | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/george-psiharis |
| Jake Reynolds | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jake-reynolds |
| Jonathan Watson | VP Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonathan-watson |

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## FAQ

### What does Jack Newton invest in?

Jack Newton invests primarily in Legal, Software and Legal Tech startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Jack Newton's check size?

Jack Newton typically joins rounds of $2M–$3.5M at Seed, $1.3M–$2M at Pre-Seed and $5.5M–$20M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Jack Newton participates in.

### When did Jack Newton last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Jack Newton closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 10 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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