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About us

SeedLegals is the market standard for companies raising investment, incentivising their teams with share options, doing their SEIS/EIS, and managing their cap tables. With one in three UK early-stage funding rounds and EMI option schemes now on SeedLegals, we're proud that in just four years we've transformed the way companies start, grow and scale.

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  • 35,000+

    companies on SeedLegals

  • #1

    for funding rounds, cap tables & share option schemes

  • €1B+

    raised on SeedLegals

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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 6 months and SeedLegals launched 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. In less than 3 years, SeedLegals is now the largest closer of funding rounds in the UK.

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  • Our Leadership Team

  • Anthony Rose

    Anthony Rose

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

  • Laurent

    Laurent Laffy

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

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    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 Mcrindle

    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.

  • Michael McDowell

    Michael McDowell

    Country Manager - Ireland
    Entrepreneur and co-founder of Raise Ventures (the only private tech accelerator in Belfast), Michael manages our operations in Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland.

  • Vanessa Kirby

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

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    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.

  • Vasu Sarin

    Vasu Sarin

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

  • 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!

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  • The Family Oxford Blue
  • 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
  • UK Business Angels Association Logo

    Best Legal Team for Early Stage Deals

    2019
  • Startup Grind 1

    Growth Startup of the Year

    2019
  • Bitmap

    Rising Stars Winner

    2019
  • Growth Investor Awards Logo

    Industry Game Changer

    2019
  • UK Business Angels Association Logo

    Best New Entrant to the Angel Ecosystem

    2018
  • Marketing Week Logo

    Top 100 Disruptive Brands

    2017
  • UKTN logo

    Best Fintech Startup

    2017
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      The reality is you’re on a journey; fundraising is so much about the narrative. SeedLegals allows you to tell the right story at the right time with the right legal documents for different types of investors.


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      Founder & CEO, Yoller

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      SeedLegals held our hand through complex investor negotiations and even picked up on some errors produced by our previous lawyers which were a well-known City law firm!


      Alex Templeton

      Founder & CEO, Qured

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      One of the great things about SeedLegals is that it is designed to be appropriate for the round and the stage of the business. They keep it simple. It feels like they really understand that.


      Alex Rainey

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      It's easy to forget about the legal side of things but SeedLegals make things really easy to understand. The team at SeedLegals are truly amazing.


      Darren Tenkorang

      Founder, TRIM-IT

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      There’s an opportunity to reach a specialist advisor via chat, phone and email to check in on anything. The SeedLegals team were extremely responsive – really amazing.


      Emilie Vanpoperinghe

      Co-Founder, OddBox

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