Lexagle Secures 1st Runner-Up at The Lion’s Pit 2026 Live Finals at TechLaw.Fest

SINGAPORE — September 11, 2026 — Lexagle has been named 1st Runner-Up at The Lion’s Pit 2026 live finals during TechLaw.Fest 2026.

Out of 38 submissions from legaltech innovators across the region, Lexagle emerged as one of three finalists selected to pitch live on stage at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre.

Co-organised by the Ministry of Law (MinLaw) and The Law Society of Singapore (LawSoc), with support from the Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) under the LegalTech GoWhere initiative, The Lion’s Pit brings together legal technology innovators to present solutions addressing challenges across the legal sector.

For background on Lexagle's selection ahead of the finals, read our Pre-Event Shortlist Announcement.

Taking the Stage: The Story Behind Our 5-Minute Pitch

During the strictly timed five-minute pitch, Lexagle presented a direct response to the pervasive operational friction caused by disconnected contract workflows.

Industry research underscores the magnitude of contract friction facing modern organisations:

• Contract Value Loss: Poor contract management practices can erode up to 40% of total contract value.
• Contract Visibility Gaps: 71% of organisations report an inability to locate at least 10% of their active agreements.
• Clause Retrieval Bottlenecks: 9 out of 10 contract professionals struggle to search and extract specific clauses across historical agreements, often spending hours on a single document.

Lexagle demonstrated how its unified Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) and Document Management System (DMS) platform resolves these bottlenecks through a four-stage architecture:

1. Lexagle Vault: A centralised repository featuring automated tagging and AI-enhanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) search that extracts structured text from scanned documents.
2. Document Guard™: An automated AI compliance layer that evaluates agreements against enterprise guardrails using plain-English rules and an instant traffic-light status (Green for compliant drafts, Yellow for partial compliance requiring human review, and Red for non-compliant terms).
3. Collaborative Workspaces & Signing Room™: Structured internal and external environments for cross-departmental redlining, encrypted messaging, and certified digital signatures.

2. Facing the "Lions": Live Cross-Examination

With the pitch complete, host Regana Zara Mydin turned the microphone over to our distinguished panel of judges. The Q&A session was fast-paced and covered the practical details enterprise leaders care about most.

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Evaluation Framework

Presentations and responses were evaluated according to four official competition criteria:

• Innovation (35%): Originality, forward-thinking technology, and the application of frontier AI models.
• Impact (25%): Effectiveness in addressing legal industry challenge statements and transforming workflow quality.
• Feasibility (25%): Readiness for adoption across diverse stakeholders, including law firms, corporate legal departments, and SMEs.
• User Experience (15%): Intuitive design, accessibility, and reduction of workflow complexity.

The cross-examination put each finalist's solution through its paces, challenging assumptions on enterprise scalability, AI reliability, cybersecurity safeguards, and non-legal stakeholder adoption.

🎬 Watch the Highlights: Hear directly from Lexagle CEO Gerald Heng, the judges, and fellow finalist founders on their key takeaways from The Lion's Pit.

3. How Lexagle Powers Enterprise Contracts

The enthusiastic response at TechLaw.Fest highlights why modern organisations are moving away from scattered point solutions and adopting unified legal infrastructure.

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Simple Rule Configuration

Legal operations teams can create custom guardrails in plain language without writing a single line of code or waiting for IT support.

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Secure Collaborative Workspaces

Instead of sending sensitive attachments over email, negotiations happen inside structured environments:

• Internal Rooms: Confidential spaces for Sales, Legal, and Finance to redline drafts and tag colleagues before sharing documents externally.
• External Rooms: Encrypted spaces for counterparties that keep internal notes private and maintain full version control.
• Unified Email Ingestion: Teams can forward email conversations straight into the workspace so the entire paper trail stays together.

Post-Execution Intelligence in the Lexagle Vault

Signing a contract is just the beginning. The Lexagle Vault keeps agreements active and organised:

• Smart OCR Indexing: Converts scanned PDFs into searchable text, making it easy to search by party, keyword, or clause type.
• Automated Obligation Tracking: Reads renewal dates, payment milestones, and key deliverables, sending friendly alerts to finance and procurement leads before deadlines pass.
• Role-Based Access: Keeps documents organised securely with customisable permissions based on team roles or project access.

4. The Numbers Speak for Themselves

Our journey at TechLaw.Fest 2026 proved that legal compliance does not have to slow business down. When done right, it accelerates growth.

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Real business results reported by our clients include:

• Finance teams save over US$700,000 annually through automated milestone tracking.
• Procurement leads capture US$300,000 in vendor optimisations.
• HR operations eliminate hundreds of manual hours on offer letters and vendor onboarding.

5. Ready to Accelerate Your Contract Operations?

Taking the stage at TechLaw.Fest 2026 was an incredible milestone, but we are just getting started. Whether you want to cut your contract cycle times from weeks to hours, protect your organisation from vendor risk, or give your sales team self-service contracting tools, Lexagle is built for you.

Join over 50,000 users across 16 countries who have eliminated contract friction for good.

Learn more about Lexagle's contract management platform.

• Explore Our Website: www.lexagle.com
• Try Document Guard™ Live: lexagle.com/en-sg/demo

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