DEVSHI MEHROTRA
CEO
JUSTICETEXT
WHY: In late 2023, JusticeText received a $300,000 grant from Dream.org for its efforts to advance criminal justice reform, boosting its funding total since its start in 2019 to about $3 million.
IN THE NEWS: The Irvine-based startup develops software that takes hours of recorded evidence from body camera footage, interrogation videos and jail calls, and turns them into organized transcripts. The company helps under-resourced public defenders manage their caseloads so they can better serve disadvantaged communities.
NOTABLE: Named to Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2021.
QUOTABLE: “They are truly that last line of defense for so many individuals, and they have the power to redirect and transform people’s lives before they’re irreversibly harmed by incarceration.”
