Clarilis - Gresham House Ventures - Investment Portfolio

Legal drafting automation platform

Clarilis is a market leading drafting automation platform with the largest team of automation specialists in the UK.

It was designed for law firms and in-house legal teams, aiming to save a significant amount of time in producing first drafts of all forms of legal documentation.

Gresham House Ventures invested £3.5m as part of a £6m funding round in August 2020, to assist in the company’s continued growth internationally as well as to fund its sales, marketing and product development functions.

Investment rationale

Clarilis provides a market-leading solution and exceptional customer satisfaction as a result of its fully managed service. The company has already had an impact in the market and this looks set to continue as the business expands, particularly into the South East Asian market.

Investment Team

Ed Wass

Portfolio Director

Ed brings over 20 years’ experience of helping SMEs to create and realise shareholder value to his role. He has been working with our management teams since 2017 to help them achieve their ambitions for growth and has overseen several notable exits in that time, including Automated Systems Group, Access-IS and Auction Technology Group. He also led the successful IPO of Virgin Wines in 2021.

It is a pleasure to work with so many great businesses and fantastic management teams. It is a real privilege to be involved in the growth of the exciting companies that Gresham House invests in and to contribute to their ongoing success.

Ed is on the board of several businesses, including Virgin Wines, RotaGeek, Airfinity and Vivacity Labs. His previous roles include CIO at Catapult Ventures and at PwC in both Assurance and Business Recovery Services.

Ed was named as one of Real Deals’ Future 40 Investment Leaders in April 2021.

He holds a BA (Hons) in Ancient History and is a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW).

Outside of work Ed enjoys spending time with his family and whenever possible chasing after a ball of some description (cricket, golf, tennis and fives) – sometimes these happen together.