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Legal Equalizer
Techstars '21Atlanta, US · Founded 2015 · 2 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
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Atlanta-based developer of a mobile app that records police encounters, alerts contacts and presents users' legal rights.
Also known as Legal Equalizer® · legaleqapp
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Company profile
researched Sep 2026Legal Equalizer is an Atlanta, Georgia-based technology company founded in 2015 that develops a consumer mobile application intended to support people during encounters with law enforcement. The app, marketed as "The Legal App Of Choice," combines three core functions: immediate video and audio recording that begins when the app is launched, an on-screen list of the user's rights displayed at launch, and an SOS text feature that notifies up to three designated emergency contacts with the time and location of the encounter.
The company is categorized in the legal technology and mobile security verticals, with a business-to-consumer model and customer profiles described as services/consulting and subscription software. Associated product themes include know-your-rights content, legal aid directory and lawyer referral functionality, and personal safety alerting. The application is positioned around reducing unnecessary stops, searches and arrests and improving the safety of interactions between civilians and police.
Founding story
The concept was developed by Mbye Njie, an insurance salesman who said he had been racially profiled by police, and who began working on the app following the death of Michael Brown in August 2014 with the aim of decreasing unnecessary stops, searches and arrests.
Business model
The company operates a business-to-consumer model, distributing a mobile application to individual users; its customer profile is characterized as services and consulting alongside subscription software.
Traction
Reported total funding raised of $357,800 as of April 2022; the app has been featured in multiple consumer and civil-rights-focused media outlets and named to a 2016 list of notable apps from Black founders.
Latest developments
The most recent recorded funding activity is a crowdfunding round dated April 30, 2022, reported as a $63,000 raise via Wefunder. Investors associated with the company include Techstars and The Hurt Hub@Davidson.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies
Market position
A small private company in the legal technology and personal safety app segment; companies identified as comparable include TurnSignl, D.O.P.E. the Movement and Weecks Productions.
Technology
A smartphone application that, on launch, initiates video and audio capture of an interaction, displays a list of the user's legal rights, and provides an SOS button that sends SMS messages containing the time and location of the encounter to three pre-selected emergency contacts. The product is classified as non-AI.
Go-to-market
Direct-to-consumer distribution of the mobile app, supported by earned media coverage in outlets such as The Huffington Post, CBC Radio, Okayplayer, Saint Heron, Bossip and Electronic Urban Report, along with user testimonials on the company website.
Individual consumers who may be stopped by police, including people of color concerned about racial profiling during traffic stops, and parents of drivers.
Geography
Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, with coverage of the product in United States and Canadian media.
History
Founded in 2015 in Atlanta, the company received early press attention in 2015-2016 around racial profiling and police encounters. Funding activity recorded includes a 2015 seed round, participation in the Techstars accelerator in January 2021, a grant associated with The Hurt Hub@Davidson in July 2021, and a crowdfunding raise in April 2022.
Risks & controversies
The company's product addresses a socially and politically sensitive area, police encounters and racial profiling, and its media coverage is tied to high-profile incidents involving law enforcement.
Compiled by commissioned research from 3 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 4
launches, deals, and filingsMarket signal data lists a $63K crowdfunding raise from Wefunder, recorded as the company's most recent funding event.
$63K source ↗
The app was included in a year-end list of apps created by founders from the African diaspora.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
▸Research sources · 3
primary sources listed
- Legal Equalizerlegalequalizer.com · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Legal Equalizer do?
- Atlanta-based developer of a mobile app that records police encounters, alerts contacts and presents users' legal rights.
- Who are Legal Equalizer's investors?
- Legal Equalizer's investors include Techstars, Collab Capital.
- Where is Legal Equalizer headquartered?
- Legal Equalizer is headquartered in Atlanta, US.