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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Founder operating in the Legal Tech space. If you think a Founder is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Mustafa Al-Bassam
Co-Founder and CEO of LazyLedger
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About LazyLedger: LazyLedger is a blockchain distributed ledger.
Rémy Astié
Founder & CEO of Vauban
Rémy Astié is the Founder and CEO of Vauban.
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About Vauban: Vauban is the easiest way to pool & deploy capital to invest in private companies.
Ulric Musset
Founder & CEO of Vauban
Ulric Musset is the Founder and CEO of Vauban.
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About Vauban: Vauban is the easiest way to pool & deploy capital to invest in private companies.
Ben Stoneham
Founder and CTO of Autologyx
Ben Stoneham is the Founder and CTO of Autologyx.
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About Autologyx: Autologyx is the next-generation Fabric Automation Platform for enterprise businesses.
Pip Wilson
Co-Founder and CEO of amicable
A successful entrepreneur, director, angel investor and start-up mentor, Pip is passionate about empowering women in tech and disrupting traditional business models. Pip Wilson is co-founder and CEO of amicable apps: the faster, fairer, fixed-price way to an amicable divorce. In 2002 Pip co-founded Bluefin Solutions, a SAP consultancy and a full SAP Services Partner, which she exited last year to Mindtree. Pip is also a trustee and board member of The Girls’ Network, a foundation that matches girls from low socio-economic backgrounds with inspirational female mentors. She believes in the power of teams, the importance of diversity, and that the best businesses help employees balance life with work. In her view, successful start-ups of the future will combine a sustainable business model with a clear social purpose and diverse teams. This view drives her investment decisions.
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About amicable: Amicable offers a divorce service that works with couples to help them reach fairer agreements.
Kate Daly
Co-Founder of amicable
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About amicable: Amicable offers a divorce service that works with couples to help them reach fairer agreements.
Lauren Riley
Founder & CEO of The Link App
Lauren Riley is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at The Link App.
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About The Link App: The Link App is an easy-to-use platform that reinvents a law firm’s client experience.
Enrico Faccioli
CEO & Co-Founder of Seedata.io
Enrico Faccioli is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Seedata.
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About Seedata.io: Seedata.io is a cybersecurity platform that helps companies mitigate data leak incidents and crime threats.
Matt Holland
CTO & Co-Founder of Seedata.io
Matt Holland is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Seedata.
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About EF Education First, Seedata.io: Seedata.io is a cybersecurity platform that helps companies mitigate data leak incidents and crime threats.
Ronald DeKoven
Founder & CEO of myBarrister
Ronald DeKoven was called to the bar of Illinois and New York in 1968 and 1980 respectively. In 1980 Mr DeKoven became a partner of Shearman & Sterling, New York. He ran several of the firm’s practices, including Insolvency and Leasing. After moving to London in 2003, Mr DeKoven became an Associate Member of South Square Chambers, and was permitted by the Bar Council to practice New York and U.S. Federal Law in chambers. In 2008 Mr DeKoven applied to the Bar Council for a waiver of examination and pupillage as a condition to becoming a barrister. The waiver was granted in full and Mr DeKoven was called to the Bar of England and Wales by Lincoln’s Inn in March, 2009. Although he continues his association with South Square, Mr DeKoven has created his own chambers at 8 Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn, where he continues his practice as a New York lawyer and English barrister involved in dispute resolution in large, complex cross-border transactions.
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About ereorg, myBarrister: myBarrister is an online portal that provides direct access to legal advice barristers.
Daniel van Binsbergen
CEO and Co-Founder of Lexoo
Daniel van Binsbergen Before founding Lexoo, Daniel worked for over 5 years as a lawyer at an international law firm (De Brauw), first in Amsterdam, then in London. He’s always up for a game of squash, and is easily excited.
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About Lexoo: Lexoo is a lawyer comparison marketplace that helps businesses choose a lawyer with confidence.
Chris O’Sullivan
Co-Founder and CTO of Lexoo
Chris has been developing websites and apps for more than 10 years – with companies such as Forward Partners, Aegis Media, and the BBC. He loves playing board games and drinking cocktails – ideally at the same time.
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About HitMeUp, Lexoo, What I want for Xmas: Lexoo is a lawyer comparison marketplace that helps businesses choose a lawyer with confidence.
Eli Luzac
CEO and Founder of Tagdox
Eli Luzac is the CEO and Founder of TagDox.
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About Tagdox: Tagdox is a document analysis company developing a game changing technology in the document space for professional services.
Michael Green
Founder of CaseHub
Michael Green is Founder at CaseHub.
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About CaseHub: CaseHub crowdsources consumer legal battles and makes the legal system democratic.
Edmond Boulle
Co-Founder of Orbital Witness
Co-Founder at Orbital Witness – we’re hiring!
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About Orbital Witness: A LegalTech-meets-PropTech startup replacing legacy legal due diligence in property transactions with a legal risk rating.
William Pearce
Co-Founder of Orbital Witness
Co-Founder at Orbital Witness – We’re hiring!
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About Orbital Witness: A LegalTech-meets-PropTech startup replacing legacy legal due diligence in property transactions with a legal risk rating.
Nnamdi Emelifeonwu
Founder, CEO of Definely
Nnamdi Emelifeonwu Founder at Definely.
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About Definely: Definely is a legal technology startup.
Nicholas d’Adhemar
Founder & CEO of Apperio
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About Apperio: Apperio’s legal spend management software helps in-house legal teams stay in control of their spend and build trust with external counsel.
Jianxin Li
Co-Founder of Intelllex
Jianxin Li is the co-founder of INTELLLEX.
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About Intelllex: Intelllex helps law firms unlock insights from their dormant data and discover what they really know.
Tom Dunlop
Founder & CEO of Summize
As an accomplished commercial and technology lawyer, Tom’s experience with reviewing contracts was the catalyst that led to Summize. Prior to this, he worked as a Global Legal Director for several fast-growth technology companies.
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About Summize: Summize is the lightweight platform for contracts that provides bridges the gap between legal and technology.
David Smith
Founder & CDO of Summize
Alongside Tom, Dave founded Summize to meet the need of legal teams everywhere. Before Summize, he worked at AppSense as a Senior Software Engineer and has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry.
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About Summize: Summize is the lightweight platform for contracts that provides bridges the gap between legal and technology.
Josh Harris
Founder & CEO of Doc2
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About Doc2: Allowing SMEs to create, send and eSign their contracts in seconds.
Stacy-Ann Sinclair
Founder, CEO of CodeREG
Jamaican born Londoner – Computer Scientist Investment Banker
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About CodeREG, PinaPay: CodeREG is a financial compliance reinvented for the digital era.
Callum Murray
Founder and CEO of Amiqus Resolution
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About Amiqus Resolution: Amiqus Resolution is an online service to quickly and affordably resolve commercial disputes without appearing in court or tribunal.
Robbie Manson
Co-Founder of Amiqus Resolution
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About Amiqus Resolution: Amiqus Resolution is an online service to quickly and affordably resolve commercial disputes without appearing in court or tribunal.
Donna McLean
Founder of passingboxes
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About passingboxes: passingboxes provides services to help secure your digital legacy and pass on the things that really matter.
