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 3 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
£2B
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 close more funding rounds in the UK than anyone else. We operate in the UK, US, Ireland & France and employ 160 brilliant people.

Executive Team

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.

Alyson Read

Chief Commercial Officer

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

Monique Pettigrew

Chief Legal Officer

Monique is a strategic, cross-functional legal and governance executive and mentor, experienced in supporting high growth companies at all stages of their development.

Management Team

Vanessa Kirby

Head of Product Design & UX

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

Marc Lowman

Head of Finance

Experienced finance leader and Chartered Accountant with blue chip and startup experience. Marc qualified with EY before spending seven years at Thomson Reuters in his last role as Director of Finance.

Michelle Keelin

Head of HR

Experienced HR Generalist, with over 20 years experience and a passion for putting the Human back in HR.

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.

Kerstin Reichert

Head of Marketing

Kerstin is an experienced digital marketeer, with a stellar track record across agency and in-house roles in multiple countries. She loves the internet, digital marketing and helping businesses grow.

Mo Saed

Head of Investor Sales

Mo is passionate about leading sales teams and fostering a purpose-driven culture. After successfully scaling and developing our new business team, he transitioned to our investor arm.

Tom Lightbody

Customer Experience Manager (Growth)

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

Alda Daci

Customer Experience Manager (Funding)

Alda is a law graduate with experience at UNHCR's Legal Protection team and private accounting practice where she completed the F1-F4 Fundamental ACCA qualification exams, now using her combined expertise to support founders in successful fundraising.

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!

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 Legal Team for Early Stage Deals Finalist

2024

Best EIS/SEIS Advocate

2024

Best EIS/SEIS Legal or Regulatory Advisor Finalist

2024

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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