Ironclad

About Ironclad

Financials

Dated, source-cited figures. Estimates are marked.

Products by Ironclad

All products by Ironclad reviewed by our AI panel of experts.

IroncladAI Legal

Contract lifecycle management with AI built into every workflow

Free7.9/10

How Our Review Panel Scores Ironclad

Six independent reviewer personalities assessed Ironclad's product on their own terms. They disagreed by 1.6 points — The Finance Lead was the hardest to convince, The Decision Maker the most positive.

Averaged across 1 reviewed product in our catalog. Scores are out of 10.

Competitive Landscape

Who Ironclad competes with, and how they differ.

DocuSign7.7/10

DocuSign built its CLM/Agreement Cloud on top of its dominant e-signature distribution (via the 2018 SpringCM acquisition), competing on breadth of adoption rather than a purpose-built legal workflow; notably, DocuSign's former CEO Dan Springer became Ironclad's CEO in April 2025.

1 product reviewed on TopReviewed

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Icertis

Icertis targets large, heavily regulated global enterprises running SAP/Oracle backbones, with deeper multi-language and compliance tooling but higher implementation cost and complexity, versus Ironclad's faster-deployment, self-service approach for mid-market to large legal teams.

Thomson Reuters7.9/10

Thomson Reuters' Contract Express is a document-assembly/automation tool bundled into its broader legal research suite (alongside Westlaw), aimed at law firms producing templated agreements, whereas Ironclad is a standalone end-to-end CLM platform for in-house legal and procurement teams managing negotiation through post-signature obligations.

5 products reviewed on TopReviewed

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ContractPodAi (Leah)

ContractPodAi, rebranded Leah in 2026, layers agentic AI contract workflows on top of customers' existing Salesforce, SAP or Microsoft systems for large enterprises; Ironclad runs as an independent, workflow-first CLM platform, with both named Leaders in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for CLM.

Company Timeline

Key milestones in Ironclad's history, with sources.

1. Apr 28, 2025Milestone

   Dan Springer named CEO; Boehmig becomes Executive Chairman

   Founding CEO Jason Boehmig stepped down after roughly 11 years, moving to Executive Chairman; former DocuSign and Responsys CEO Dan Springer became CEO as Ironclad announced it had crossed $150M ARR and 2,000 customers.

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2. Jan 18, 2022Funding

   Series E -- $150M at $3.2B valuation, led by Franklin Templeton

   Franklin Templeton led an all-insider $150 million Series E round; Ironclad stated total funding reached $333 million. Press coverage (Reuters/SiliconANGLE) reported the round valued the company at $3.2 billion.

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3. Mar 25, 2021Acquisition

   Acquired PactSafe

   Ironclad acquired Indianapolis-based clickwrap/digital-acceptance platform PactSafe (founded 2012); deal terms were undisclosed and PactSafe's roughly 40-person team joined Ironclad.

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4. Jan 14, 2021Funding

   Series D -- $100M led by BOND

   BOND (Mary Meeker's firm) led a $100 million Series D with new investor Lux Capital; Ironclad stated total investment reached $183 million. Press reports (The Information, via SiliconANGLE) put the post-money valuation near $950M, described elsewhere as "around the unicorn mark."

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5. Sep 17, 2019Funding

   Series C -- $50M led by Y Combinator Continuity

   Y Combinator Continuity led a $50 million Series C with Emergence Capital, Accel and Sequoia Capital participating; TechCrunch reported total funding reaching $83 million.

   techcrunch.com
6. Jan 30, 2019Funding

   Series B -- $23M led by Sequoia Capital

   Sequoia Capital led a $23 million Series B, bringing total funding to $34 million; Sequoia partner Jess Lee joined Ironclad's board.

   globenewswire.com
7. Aug 2, 2017Funding

   Series A -- $8M led by Accel

   Accel led Ironclad's $8 million Series A, bringing total funding to over $11 million; Accel partner Steve Loughlin joined the board.

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8. 2014Founded

   Ironclad founded by Jason Boehmig and Cai GoGwilt

   Jason Boehmig, a corporate attorney at Fenwick & West, and Cai GoGwilt, a former Palantir software engineer, founded the contract lifecycle management company; it later went through Y Combinator's Summer 2015 batch.

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