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Inside Legora: Jude Law Generated $50M Pipeline | Are They Undervalued at $5.5BN? | Patrick Forquer

Patrick Forquer is the Chief Revenue Officer at Legora, the fastest growing enterprise business to ever hit $100M in ARR and now on track to hit over $250M in ARR by the end of the year. They recently raised a $550 million Series D at a $5.55 billion valuation, led by Accel, note 20VC did participate and is an investor in the company. ----------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:12 The Biggest Sales Lesson Carried From Braze to Legora 05:37 Should You Leave Traditional SaaS for an AI Company? 07:33 What Still Works From the Old SaaS Playbook and What's Dead 09:00 Demo Early: How Selling AI Agents Changes the Sales Motion 10:22 Legora at $5.5B: How Do You Justify That Multiple? 11:52 How the Jude Law Brand Campaign Generated $50M of Qualified Pipe 27:59 How Legora Gets Access to Senior Stakeholders So Easily 33:53 How Legora Onboards 40-50 New Hires Every Two Weeks 46:48 Sales Comp Multiples: 8-12x vs the 20x at ElevenLabs 48:20 From $3.5M to $100M ARR: The Growth Story 50:33 How to Do Forecasting When the Market Is Elastic and Unpredictable 1:10:33 Why Investors Are as Important to Win as the Deals Themselves ----------------------------------------------- Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3j2KMcZTtgTNBKwtZBMHvl?si=85bc9196860e4466 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-twenty-minute-vc-20vc-venture-capital-startup/id958230465 Follow Harry Stebbings on X: https://twitter.com/HarryStebbings Follow Legora on X: https://twitter.com/WeAreLegora Follow 20VC on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/20vchq Follow 20VC on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@20vc_tok Visit our Website: https://www.20vc.com Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/contact ----------------------------------------------- #20vc #harrystebbings #patrickforquer #cro #legora #legalai #harvey #ai #salesforce #judelaw

Harry StebbingshostPatrick Forquerguest
May 11, 20261h 13mWatch on YouTube ↗

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May 11, 2026
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Patrick Forquer is the Chief Revenue Officer at Legora, the fastest growing enterprise business to ever hit $100M in ARR and now on track to hit over $250M in ARR by the end of the year. They recently raised a $550 million Series D at a $5.55 billion valuation, led by Accel, note 20VC did participate and is an investor in the company. ----------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:12 The Biggest Sales Lesson Carried From Braze to Legora 05:37 Should You Leave Traditional SaaS for an AI Company? 07:33 What Still Works From the Old SaaS Playbook and What's Dead 09:00 Demo Early: How Selling AI Agents Changes the Sales Motion 10:22 Legora at $5.5B: How Do You Justify That Multiple? 11:52 How the Jude Law Brand Campaign Generated $50M of Qualified Pipe 27:59 How Legora Gets Access to Senior Stakeholders So Easily 33:53 How Legora Onboards 40-50 New Hires Every Two Weeks 46:48 Sales Comp Multiples: 8-12x vs the 20x at ElevenLabs 48:20 From $3.5M to $100M ARR: The Growth Story 50:33 How to Do Forecasting When the Market Is Elastic and Unpredictable 1:10:33 Why Investors Are as Important to Win as the Deals Themselves ----------------------------------------------- Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3j2KMcZTtgTNBKwtZBMHvl?si=85bc9196860e4466 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-twenty-minute-vc-20vc-venture-capital-startup/id958230465 Follow Harry Stebbings on X: https://twitter.com/HarryStebbings Follow Legora on X: https://twitter.com/WeAreLegora Follow 20VC on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/20vchq Follow 20VC on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@20vc_tok Visit our Website: https://www.20vc.com Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://www.thetwentyminutevc.com/contact ----------------------------------------------- #20vc #harrystebbings #patrickforquer #cro #legora #legalai #harvey #ai #salesforce #judelaw

SPEAKERS

  • Harry Stebbings

    host

    Founder and host of 20VC (The Twenty Minute VC), interviewing leading tech founders and investors.

  • Patrick Forquer

    guest

    CRO at Legora and early US hire, leading enterprise go-to-market and revenue growth.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Twenty Minute VC, featuring Harry Stebbings and Patrick Forquer, Inside Legora: Jude Law Generated $50M Pipeline | Are They Undervalued at $5.5BN? | Patrick Forquer explores legora CRO on selling AI agents, scaling teams, winning enterprise deals Legora’s enterprise GTM motion is pilot-led (78% pilot-to-close conversion) and requires heavy change-management support via forward-deployed engineers and legal engineers for six-figure+ deals.

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