In today’s fast-moving business world, legal and compliance processes are often seen as slow, complex, and resource-heavy, a bottleneck for growth, especially for SMEs. Recognising this challenge, Chetan Nagendra, a seasoned corporate and technology law expert, founded Quoqo Technologies Pvt Ltd in 2021 with a bold vision: to make legal workflows as seamless, intelligent, and scalable as modern enterprises demand. Drawing on two decades of experience in building technology-forward legal practices and advising companies on cross-border compliance, he set out to reimagine how organizations approach contracts, risk, and compliance.
At the core of Quoqo lies its AI-powered suite of solutions, including QSign for secure digital signatures, Quoqo NDA for rapid contract execution, and Q-Diligence for AI-driven risk and compliance review. These tools, along with automation platforms like Q-Flows and proprietary QLLMs (Quoqo Large Legal Models), deliver enterprise-grade accuracy with SME-friendly simplicity. Trusted across 35+ countries and 30+ enterprise clients, Quoqo is helping businesses cut contract turnaround times from days to hours, ensuring both speed and compliance.
Excerpts from the interview by Small Enterprise India with Chetan Nagendra, Founder & CEO of Quoqo Technologies, reveal how the company is redefining legal-tech with AI, building trust in a B2B space, and enabling SMEs to grow without legal bottlenecks.
Q) What inspired you to found Quoqo in 2021, and how did your previous roles influence your vision?
Quoqo was born out of two decades of observing legal and compliance teams slowed by manual, fragmented processes. With experience spanning corporate law, technology law, and innovation consulting, I recognized that AI could unify contracting, compliance, and execution into a seamless flow.
My previous experience — from building technology-forward legal practices to advising enterprises on cross-border compliance — shaped Quoqo’s mission: to create AI legal platforms that help SMEs and enterprises alike work faster and smarter, without the usual bottlenecks.
Q) In your early days, what were the key challenges you faced in building a legal-tech startup in a B2B space?
In the B2B space, trust is everything — especially when handling contracts and compliance. Our first hurdle was convincing businesses that an AI-first platform could match traditional legal review for accuracy while delivering results in a fraction of the time. Building credibility involved working closely with early adopters, investing heavily in the product, security, and audit trails, and demonstrating measurable time and cost savings through tools like QSign and Quoqo NDA.
The next challenge was achieving seamless integration with existing enterprise systems to ensure zero disruption.
Q) Can you tell us about the core AI-powered products Quoqo offers — such as QSign, Q-Diligence, and Quoqo NDA — and how they streamline legal processes for SMEs?
QSign is our digital signature platform with AutoMagic document preparation, Aadhaar and DSC support, and full audit trails — built for speed and compliance. Quoqo NDA automates NDA drafting, review, signing, and storage so deals can move forward in minutes, not days. Q-Diligence enhances risk review in contracts using AI-driven clause detection and deviation analysis.
When combined with tools like QFusion for workflow automation and DealFast for faster negotiations, SMEs get an end-to-end digital contracting stack that reduces manual work and accelerates decision-making.
Q) Which product or solution has resonated most with SME clients, and could you share a brief success story?
QSign and Quoqo NDA have been favorites among SMEs needing speed and compliance without extra legal hires.
For example, an award-winning procurement platform in India and South Asia reduced contract turnaround from a week to under two hours using QSign integrated with QFusion workflows. This freed teams to focus on growth, with ROI visible in the first quarter.
Q) How does Quoqo ensure data privacy, security, and compliance — especially for SMEs operating in regulated environments?
Security is embedded at every layer — data is encrypted in transit and at rest, with role-based access controls and region-specific hosting via Q-Core. We maintain compliance with global and local standards, and QComply monitors regulatory requirements, flagging potential risks. SMEs get enterprise-grade security without the overhead of managing it themselves.
Q) Could you highlight your technology stack — like QLLMs, Q Mini Legal Models, or Q-Flows — and how it differentiates Quoqo in the legal-tech market? Our QLLMs (Quoqo Large Legal Models) are trained on industry-specific datasets to deliver high-accuracy contract review, risk detection, and compliance checks. Q Mini Legal Models bring these capabilities into lightweight, domain-specific modules — ideal for SMEs that need precision without infrastructure complexity.
Q-Flows is our visual automation builder that lets non-technical teams create end-to-end workflows for contracting, compliance, and approvals, linking products like QSign, NDA, and Q-Diligence into one cohesive process.
Q) What was your experience participating in SME-StartX Bengaluru? How did the curated One-to-One meetings help advance Quoqo’s outreach?
The event gave us direct access to SME decision-makers, helping us demonstrate how AI-driven digital contracting streamlines operations. The one-to-one meetings revealed sector-specific needs — from manufacturing compliance to services contract cycles — sparking conversations that are now moving toward pilot deployments.
Q) Any particular interaction or client insight from the event that significantly influenced your strategy or offerings?
A conversation with an AI and computer vision company highlighted the demand for pre-built compliance workflows alongside contract execution. This insight accelerated our roadmap for expanding templates and sector-specific Q-Flows, enabling SMEs to deploy faster without custom builds.
Q) With a presence across 35+ countries and 30+ enterprise customers, what’s next for Quoqo in terms of growth and market expansion?
We’re deepening our presence in regulated industries across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), European Union (EU), North America, and Australia.
Growth will come from strengthening our partner ecosystem, embedding Quoqo tools into existing enterprise platforms, and continuing to advance AI across our suite — from QSign and NDA to LexiHub and Inventive Mind.
Q) What advice would you offer to early-stage AI startups aiming to serve SMEs — especially in navigating product-market fit and scaling responsibly?
Begin with a focused, high-impact problem that delivers instant value — SMEs don’t have the time or budget for speculative pilots. Build trust through transparency in pricing, security, and outcomes. Finally, design for scale early, so your core platform can naturally expand into adjacent use cases — as QSign did for NDA automation, risk review, and workflow orchestration.
