VCs can't get enough of legal startups. Andreessen Horowitz just invested in one taking work from patent lawyers.

Han Kim and Angela Gao. Fearn Fearn, a startup building tools for patent drafting, has raised $5.5 million in seed funding. Investors include Andreessen Horowitz, a prominent backer of Harvey, and Kindred Ventures. Patent law has quietly become a hotbed of startup activity in the fast-growing legal-tech sector. Legal tech giant Harvey is racing to help lawyers work faster. Startup Fearn wants to help inventors get further before they ever call a lawyer. The startup has raised $5.5 million t...