We exist to remove friction from
the legal billing process.
Everything we do transforms the legal billing process, helping both inhouse teams and law firms share data to ensure value and quality which elevates their relationships.
About Apperio
Apperio are the pioneers of Legal Spend Management, dedicated to transforming the legal billing process for both In house teams, and external advisors.
Our unique continuous data level connectivity to law firm time and billing systems and Gen AI capabilities means in house teams can see work ahead of the invoice and Law Firms can share fully compliant invoices.
With Apperio in house teams and external advisors can remove the friction from billing, speeding up the process, ensuring quality and value, leading to elevated internal and external relationships and improved outcomes.
Our story
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2013
Founder and CEO Nicholas d’Adhemar sets up the company, known then as Legal Tender - he believed the business of law deserved a better deal.
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2014
Legal Tender integrates with their first law firm, Osborne Clarke.
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2015
We name the company Apperio - it comes from the Latin verb Aperio, which means to uncover, open and make clear - which is exactly what we’re aiming to do with the legal industry.
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2016
Word spread of the impact we were having on legal teams and we raise £1.6m, led by VC firms Notion and IQ Capital.
Design and user experience are central to the value we bring to in-house legal teams and so our first hire was our Head of Design
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2017
We are thrilled to be selected for Startup 100. The rest of the world caught on that we are one of the UK’s best and most exciting new businesses.
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2018
We raise $10m in our Series A funding round, led by Draper Esprit. Over 100 law firms are now connected to the Apperio platform.
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2019
We get selected to be part of the prestigious Upscale Program. The program supports UK’s startups with the highest potential to become the tech giants of tomorrow.
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2020
We expand into the US market, focusing first on large enterprises and Private Equity firms.
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2022
We raise $7M in Series A+ investments. Over 200 law firms connected to Appeiro.
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2023
We launch Apperio Invoice Approval a fresh modern take on e-billing with the usual beautiful simple to use Apperio trademark design.
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2024
We launch Apperio BillClear, arguably the largest transformation and innovation in the e-billing and legal spend management space giving law firms the opportunity to check their pre-invoice data against customers specific OCG rules. Massive reductions in time spent on invoice review for corporates and faster payment for law firms - a true win win!
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2025
We launch the world's first Gen AI Apperio Insights analytics with direct access to continuous line item unbilled time booking data.
Join us
Are you looking to make a dent in the world? Do you want to work with us to transform an entire industry? Then you’ve come to the right place.