// Lead backer
Bethnal Green Ventures
Europe's leading tech-for-good investor. BGV backs early-stage founders building products that address real social need, and has supported more than 180 ventures since 2012. ClauseMap joined the programme as an accessibility-first legal technology company.
// Accelerators & innovation programmes
Selected by the institutions we sell to.
Each of these was a competitive selection, and several are also routes to market — the accelerator and the buyer are frequently the same organisation.
Selected onto the firm’s emerging-technology programme. Four legal professionals are currently running structured testing of ClauseMap on live document types.
Barclays’ national innovation network, supporting high-growth UK startups with workspace, mentoring and corporate introductions.
Virgin’s founder programme, providing funding readiness support, mentoring and access to the Virgin network.
The global charity led by successful dyslexics, working to redefine dyslexia as a valuable set of thinking skills. A direct route to the community ClauseMap is built for.
The government-backed programme accelerating the UK’s legal technology sector. ClauseMap completed the Summer Sprint cohort.
Europe’s largest legal technology community. ClauseMap is exhibiting in Startup Alley, the sector’s primary buyer-facing showcase.
Engagement through justice-sector innovation activity, relevant to the public-sector contracting market ClauseMap serves.
Founder development and technical scaling programmes supporting under-represented founders across the UK.
Named firms are referenced as programme and testing relationships. Nothing here should be read as an endorsement of ClauseMap by any firm.
// Where we are
Testing inside the buyer, not around it.
In structured testing
Four legal professionals at a Magic Circle firm are testing ClauseMap on live document types, with results due at the end of the current round.
120+ lawyers reached
Demonstrated at an emerging-technology showcase to an audience of practising lawyers and innovation leads.
Built without developers
The working product — parser, clause map, review flow and Word export — was built by the founder alone, before any capital was raised.
// The raise
£350k pre-seed.
£60,000 is already committed, including Bethnal Green Ventures. We are raising the balance to close the round.
17% committed · £290,000 remaining
The capital converts current testing relationships into paid pilots, completes the Word round-trip and security certifications, and funds the first two hires.
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