{"id":24688,"date":"2022-06-04T14:44:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T14:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/united-kingdoms-6-most-impressive-successful-ctos-in-the-legal-tech-space\/"},"modified":"2022-06-04T14:44:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-04T14:44:32","slug":"united-kingdoms-6-most-impressive-successful-ctos-in-the-legal-tech-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/united-kingdoms-6-most-impressive-successful-ctos-in-the-legal-tech-space\/","title":{"rendered":"United Kingdom&#8217;s 6 Most Impressive &#038; Successful CTO&#8217;s in the Legal Tech Space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/\">Best Startup UK<\/a> 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This list showcases the top United Kingdom based CTO&#8217; operating in the Legal Tech space. If you think a CTO&#8217; is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Innovation<\/strong> &#8211; Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup. <\/li><li><strong>Growth<\/strong> &#8211; Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup. <\/li><li><strong>Management<\/strong> &#8211; Showing exceptional management skills. <\/li><li><strong>Societal impact<\/strong> &#8211; Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#be2e33\"><strong>Our Data<\/strong> &#8211; We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as <a href=\"http:\/\/companieshouse.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Companies House UK<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/crunchbase.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/semrush.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SemRush<\/a> and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-2936c29137783fb9a85b248b42b59895 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#0a2066;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 154 152'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/crunchbase-production\/image\/upload\/c_lpad,h_256,w_256,f_auto,q_auto:eco,dpr_1\/e16utye3kkthsc0q3fpy\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-14850\" width=\"154\" height=\"152\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>Cyril Pluche<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>CTO of Vauban<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cyril Pluche is the CTO at Vauban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow Cyril Pluche: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/cyril-pluche-2aaa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/cyril-pluche-polytech-montpellier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Vauban: <\/strong>Vauban is the easiest way to pool &#038; deploy capital to invest in private companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/vauban.io\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/vauban-4b11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/vauban-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n_______\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-32e3a7c46337be5944bd6cb3b24f7de4 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#0a2066;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 154 152'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/crunchbase-production\/image\/upload\/c_lpad,h_256,w_256,f_auto,q_auto:eco,dpr_1\/uyusmxt4lrby5emvxgsl\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-14850\" width=\"154\" height=\"152\"\/><\/figure><\/div><h2 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>Ben Stoneham<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>Founder and CTO of Autologyx<\/strong><\/p><p>Ben Stoneham is the Founder and CTO of Autologyx.<\/p><p><strong>Follow Ben Stoneham: <\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/ben-stoneham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/benstoneham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>About Autologyx: <\/strong>Autologyx is the next-generation Fabric Automation Platform for enterprise businesses.<\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autologyx.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/autologyx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/autologyx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-92eebccc7e3d99b621a64d8e07ef4bbb is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#0a2066;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 154 152'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/crunchbase-production\/image\/upload\/c_lpad,h_256,w_256,f_auto,q_auto:eco,dpr_1\/v1454762725\/aohcej7dhjrfhjntdfgg.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-14850\" width=\"154\" height=\"152\"\/><\/figure><\/div><h2 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>Matt Holland<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>CTO &#038; Co-Founder of Seedata.io<\/strong><\/p><p>Matt Holland is the Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Seedata.<\/p><p><strong>Follow Matt Holland: <\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/matt-holland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/matt-holland-4291051\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>About EF Education First, Seedata.io: <\/strong>Seedata.io is a cybersecurity platform that helps companies mitigate data leak incidents and crime threats.<\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seedata.io\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/seedata-io\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/seedata\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-e87c69eae0ca8d11b38623184aff0ad9 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#0a2066;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 154 152'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/crunchbase-production\/image\/upload\/c_lpad,h_256,w_256,f_auto,q_auto:eco,dpr_1\/ceqfj26e49pccoofbxqf\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-14850\" width=\"154\" height=\"152\"\/><\/figure><\/div><h2 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>Chris O&#8217;Sullivan<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>Co-Founder and CTO of Lexoo<\/strong><\/p><p>Chris has been developing websites and apps for more than 10 years &#8211; with companies such as Forward Partners, Aegis Media, and the BBC. He loves playing board games and drinking cocktails &#8211; ideally at the same time.<\/p><p><strong>Follow Chris O&#8217;Sullivan: <\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/chris-osullivan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/thechrisoshow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>About HitMeUp, Lexoo, What I want for Xmas: <\/strong>Lexoo is a lawyer comparison marketplace that helps businesses choose a lawyer with confidence.<\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/info.lexoo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/lexoo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/lexoo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-4fa583b666c7ce6e9d76ed14caac9c57 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#0a2066;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 154 152'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/crunchbase-production\/image\/upload\/c_thumb,h_256,w_256,f_auto,g_faces,z_0.7,q_auto:eco,dpr_1\/w2lypv0gmperdbpavokh\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-14850\" width=\"154\" height=\"152\"\/><\/figure><\/div><h2 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>Amar Bhogal<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>Co-founder &#038; Chief Technology Officer of Konsolute Ltd<\/strong><\/p><p>Amar Bhogal is the co-founder and CTO at Konsolute. He is a former software architect at Microsoft.<\/p><p><strong>Follow Amar Bhogal: <\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/amar-bhogal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ambhogal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>About Konsolute Ltd, Konsolute R&#038;D: <\/strong>Microsoft Gold Partner headquartered in London offering professional services and products for the Microsoft Cloud<\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.konsolute.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/konsolute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/konsolute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-db2d46b42a07a75a72166e940bbc1bc4 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#0a2066;padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 154 152'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/crunchbase-production\/image\/upload\/c_lpad,h_256,w_256,f_auto,q_auto:eco,dpr_1\/enbl4xmmrhptkwbykojm\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-14850\" width=\"154\" height=\"152\"\/><\/figure><\/div><h2 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\" id=\"single\" style=\"font-size:40px\"><strong>Andrew Thompson<\/strong><\/h2><p class=\"has-normal-font-size\" style=\"line-height:1.5\"><strong>CTO of Orbital Witness<\/strong><\/p><p>Andrew Thompson is the CTO at Orbital Witness.<\/p><p><strong>Follow Andrew Thompson: <\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/andrew-thompson-6936\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andrewmatthewthompson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>About Orbital Witness, Seedcamp: <\/strong>A LegalTech-meets-PropTech startup replacing legacy legal due diligence in property transactions with a legal risk rating.<\/p><ul class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitalwitness.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/organization\/orbital-witness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crunchbase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/orbitalwitness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-499968f5 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 CTO&#8217; operating in the Legal Tech space. If you think a CTO&#8217; 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 &#8211; Operating as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":15880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Britain.png?fit=2000%2C1000&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beststartup.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}