UKTN | The Podcast

This week’s guest is Richard Mabey, co-founder and CEO of Juro, an all-in-one contract automation platform, which enables your team to create, approve, manage, and sign contracts in one unified workspace. Mabey discusses his naivety in the obstacles and lengths you need to go to when raising money. From his confidence in taking on Microsoft to his one chance pitching to the co-founder of Gumtree - Mabey lays it all bare on funding, investment and standing out from the crowd.

Juro most recently closed a Series B round of £23m and has seen expansion of the business to over 85 countries.

Show Notes

Richard Mabey gives an honest account of learning through the process of pitching for funding and how his bullish take on competition has led Juro to recently close a series B round of £23m. Detailing his own experience, Mabey talks at length on the importance of choosing the right VCs and explains how it was his own customers that introduced investors in the United States to Juro.  

Mabey is a former corporate lawyer with Freshfields and spent time with LegalZoom before founding Juro in 2016. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and is a fellow of the RSA, and adviser to The Entrepreneurs' Network and an alum of the Georgetown Leadership Seminar. As co-founder and CEO of Juro, Mabey has expanded the business to over 85 countries and grown its customer base to well over 6,000 users.  

What is UKTN | The Podcast?

Each week, Jane Wakefield sits down with some of the key movers and shakers from the UK tech ecosystem for the UKTN Podcast. Learn growth strategies from both seasoned and up-and-coming founders, hear market sentiments from investors, and understand the tech policy affecting businesses across the country.

The UKTN Podcast provides insight into the most influential people in the UK’s innovation economy, exploring their personal and professional journeys and hearing their views on the hottest tech topics of the day.