Juriverse has won third place in the Make It Lean Contest 2020/21 and a prize of €2,000!
Their idea? A platform for free learning materials in law school that students need to optimally prepare for exams and with which authors can earn money.
Juriverse identified a problem in their environment, tackled it, and want to solve it — this is exactly the kind of mentality we love to support, including through our Startup Now Programme! But how did it all come about, and what else does the Juriverse team have planned? We asked them…

1) How did you find out about the Make It Lean Contest?
We became aware of the Startup Incubator Berlin through our consideration of applying for the Berlin Startup Scholarship. That’s where we then also discovered the Make It Lean Contest.

2) How and when did you come together as a startup team?
Marvin and Laura have known each other since school. Lucca became a good friend and is now a co-founder through CODE University. So we have all known each other for several years and make a strong team. We also bring together the necessary skills. Laura takes care of legal topics and operations, Lucca handles the technical side, and Marvin looks after product management. We are additionally supported by great legal professionals from across Germany and a network from the startup industry.

3) How did you come across the problem that you want to solve with your startup idea?
Laura is herself a law student, so we have our user persona right within the team. When she told us one day about her challenges in law school, we took a closer look at the topic and saw great potential for innovation there. In the meantime, user interviews with law students and conversations with professors have confirmed that there is indeed room for improvement in this area.

4) What is your most important goal in the next 3 months?
To make law school less daunting and stressful for law students through our initiatives and materials. In law school, it’s not just about access to the right materials. Above all, it’s about conveying knowledge of how students need to work with the relevant materials — combined with feedback on students’ own solutions.

5) Who would you like to have a coffee or tea with? Why?
With investors who ideally have a legal background, or lawyers who are looking for a passion project and want to support it.