Thirdfort raised £1 million from the law firm Mishcon de Reya and British angel investors James Meekings, Andy Mullinger and David Rutter

Thirdfort, a London, UK-based developer of a SAAS for legal documents, announced completing a £1 million ($1.3M) capital investment round.

The moeny wa provided by existing investor, British law firm Mishcon de Reya, as well as a group of angel investors including James Meekings, Andy Mullinger and David Rutter.

The money will support investment across all aspects of the business, as its law firm clients look to accelerate the adoption of secure, remote, user-friendly technology in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Thirdfort, founded in 2017 by Olly Thornton-Berry (CEO) and Jack Bidgood, developed a web and mobile app that combines document scanning, facial recognition technology and Open Banking, to streamline identity and source of funds checks carried out by lawyers. Thirdfort lets conveyancers and lawyers onboard their clients quickly, securely and entirely remotely.

Thirdfort graduated from Mishcon de Reya’s prestigious MDR LAB accelerator programme in 2018, before setting up its first office in Victoria, London. The business has since attracted seed funding from Mishcon and a number of high-profile angel investors including Alex Chesterman (Zoopla founder) and Chris Marks (ex-CEO of Natwest Markets).

Prior to this round, Thirdfort raised a total of £1.7 million.