About us

SeedLegals is the UK market standard for companies raising investment, incentivising teams with share options, applying for SEIS/EIS, and managing their cap table. With 1 in 6 early-stage funding rounds closed on SeedLegals, and more cap tables and EMI option schemes set up and managed on SeedLegals than on any other platform in the UK, we're proud that we've transformed the way companies start, grow and scale.

50,000+

companies on SeedLegals
UK #1

for funding rounds, cap tables & share option schemes
£1.3B

raised on SeedLegals

Our story

SeedLegals was founded by serial entrepreneur Anthony Rose and serial angel investor Laurent Laffy who met at a party in Rome. They'd both had enough of paying insane amounts of money to lawyers for the same legal documents at every funding round, and funding rounds taking months to negotiate and close. They decided to change it.

Fast forward six months and SeedLegals launched in 2016 as the world’s first platform that lets founders and investors easily create, negotiate and sign all the legal agreements they need to do a funding round.

We now close more funding rounds in the UK than anyone else. We operate in the UK, Ireland, France, Singapore and Hong Kong, and employ around 150 brilliant people.

Executive Committee

Anthony Rose

Founder & CEO

Serial entrepreneur and ‘The man behind BBC iPlayer’; Anthony has founded and sold multiple startups.

Laurent Laffy

Founder & Executive Chairman

Serial angel investor and VC; Laurent's portfolio of 40+ startups includes Lastminute, Secret Escapes and Graze.

Anthony Drogon

Founder & CTO

Full-stack developer; Anthony was previously Head of Development at SmartJog and Arkena.

Julien Seligmann

CCO & Head of International

Entrepreneur and business angel. Julien founded SmartJog and held executive positions at Globecast, TDF and Eutelsat.

Toby McCrindle

Chief Legal Officer

Experienced technology and scale-up lawyer. Toby spent seven years at Allen & Overy LLP and has built award winning in-house legal teams.

Senior Leadership Team

Alexandra Greilsamer

Head of Product

Lawyer turned techie, Alex was previously with Freshfields and Amazon. Fluent in French, Spanish and Legalese.

Vanessa Kirby

Head of Design

Seasoned leader of international UX & service design teams; passionate advocate of insight-driven UCD.

Valeria Ivasikh

Legal Team Manager

Background in corporate governance and intellectual property. Led Venture Deals practice at a London law firm, featuring in Legal 500 Rising Star and Next Generation Lawyer rankings. Technology fan.

Janhavi Iyengar

Legal Manager

Janhavi started her law career in India. She's an expert in startup fundraising, and since joining SeedLegals, has overseen the expansion of the team.

Tom Lightbody

Customer Experience Manager (Growth)

Bringing law, tech and data together, Law and Economics graduate Tom manages our Growth team.

Aleena Muhammad

Customer Experience Manager (Agile and Funding Rounds)

Law graduate and photography enthusiast Aleena leads our Agile and Funding Rounds teams.

Ayo Oke

Support Team Lead

Live chat legend and Law Masters graduate Ayo heads up our UK customer support team.

Nergis Oprescu

Senior Investment Expert

Lawyer and tech enthusiast Nergis leads on evolving our funding services, Oxford graduate and will soon be dual-qualified.

Alyson Read

Head of Sales

Experienced sales leader with 6+ years in building and scaling sales teams. Passionate about creating high performing teams with strong culture.

Fabrice Renucci

VP Marketing

Marketing executive. Ex-RingCentral. 12+ years in tech across VC, agency, top UK startups and US public companies.

Vasu Sarin

Head of Partnerships

An ex. founder himself, with a BA in Business & Management (Hons) from the University of Kent.

Matthew Terry

Head of Customer Experience

With his background in law and legal education, Matt is exactly the man startups need to sort out (and explain) their legals.

Country Managers

Florent Artaud

Country Manager, France

Lawyer by training and ex-founder. Previously created a startup with The Family, and chief legal officer and public affairs manager at La Ruche qui dit Oui!

Hsiang Low

Head of Asia-Pacific

Qualified lawyer with experience in UK & Asia. Previously at magic circle law firm Linklaters, and founding member of legal tech startup Nakhoda.

Michael McDowell

Country Manager, Ireland

Entrepreneur and co-founder of Raise Ventures, the only private tech accelerator in Belfast.

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Awards and accolades

Best EIS/SEIS Legal or Regulatory Advisor

2022

Spirit of EIS Winner

2022

Best Legal Team for Early Stage Deals Finalist

2022

Best Legal Team for Early Stage Deals

2019

Growth Startup of the Year

2019

Industry Game Changer

2019

Rising Stars Winner

2019

Best New Entrant to the Angel Ecosystem

2018

Top 100 Disruptive Brands

2017

Best Fintech Startup

2017

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