Founders / Rian Gauvreau
Rian Gauvreau
Rian Gauvreau is a co-founder of Clio, a legal AI company based in Burnaby. Rian Gauvreau co-founded Clio with Jack Newton. Clio had raised US$1.8B across 6 rounds as of November 2026, most recently a US$500M Series G in November 2025 led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA). The Canadian AI Newsletter last covered Clio in November 2026.
Co-founder of Clio.
Clio
Cloud legal practice management with embedded AI; acquirer of AI legal research firm vLex.
- Role
- Co-founder
- HQ
- Burnaby, BC
- Founded
- 2008
- Status
- Active
- Disclosed raised
- US$1.8B
- Latest round
- Series G, Nov 10, 2025
- Website
- clio.com
Co-founders: Jack Newton
Investors: New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Blackstone, Blue Owl Capital, T. Rowe Price, TCV, JMI Equity, Bessemer Venture Partners, Acton Capital, and 7 more
In the newsletter
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- CanadianAI: Canada wants in on Europe’s AI contracts, and Carney picks his AI advisersOct 6, 2026
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Data as of November 10, 2026.