Who is Meltem Kuran-Berkowitz?
Meltem Kuran-Berkowitz is the Chief Marketing Officer of Spellbook, the AI contract drafting company. Spellbook builds AI for contract drafting and review, and is based in Toronto.
About Meltem Kuran-Berkowitz
She was named Spellbook's first CMO in September 2026, after leading its marketing on an interim basis. Before Spellbook she ran growth at Deel from under $1M to past $1B in ARR. She was also on Pipeline's Issue 03, for Spellbook.
About Spellbook
Spellbook builds AI for contract drafting and review, and is based in Toronto. It tripled its revenue in a year, says it is on track for $100M ARR by the end of 2026, and took a $40M credit facility from RBCx in March 2026. About 5,000 legal teams use it, up from about 2,700 a year earlier.
Why Meltem is on the cover
Spellbook is the second cover for Meltem this autumn, now with the CMO title.
Questions about Meltem and Spellbook
- What does Meltem Kuran-Berkowitz do at Spellbook?
- Meltem Kuran-Berkowitz is the Chief Marketing Officer of Spellbook, the AI contract drafting company.
- What does Spellbook do?
- Spellbook builds AI for contract drafting and review, and is based in Toronto.
- How much has Spellbook raised?
- Spellbook took a $40M RBCx credit facility in March 2026, after a $50M Series B in October 2025.

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