UK-based Keith Raises €2.3M Seed Round Led By Backed VC

The round was led by Backed VC, with participation from Breega and several angel investors. The firm aims to become the UK’s most technologically advanced law firm at launch.

Keith was founded by Shovel, Pete Sharman, and Sam Tucker. Shovel and Sharman previously co-founded the plant-based food brand THIS, while Tucker previously built the hybrid scheduling platform Common Surface and now leads product at Keith.

The company says it is not just a legal software tool, but a fully regulated law firm built with AI at its core, aiming to automate up to 80% of traditional legal work. It believes this approach can make legal services faster, clearer, and more efficient.

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Keith highlights that more than 530,000 UK property transactions fail each year, causing financial and emotional stress in a system often seen as slow and inefficient.

It will initially focus on conveyancing before expanding into other legal areas. Strategic advisor Eddie Goldsmith, former Chair of the UK Conveyancing Association, also supports the company.

The firm sees a major opportunity in the €62.4 billion UK legal market, which it believes has remained largely unchanged for decades and is now ready for tech-driven disruption.

At the core of Keith is a network of AI agents that handle tasks such as document review, drafting, communication, and workflow management, all under legal rules and human supervision.

This system allows the company to work 24/7 and respond faster, while delivering a high level of service usually seen in premium legal firms. Its client support agent will be available at all times via phone and WhatsApp to answer questions, share updates, and complete tasks in real time.

“I tried to buy a house around a year ago and had a monumental shocker. Sleepless nights, hounding solicitors and a dodgy seller – the full works. I was blown away by how clunky the process was, and how no technology was being incorporated to help. Legal services haven’t yet been transformed by tech, but it’s coming. And when it does, it won’t look like a traditional law firm with software bolted on we think it will look like Keith,” said Andy Shovel, co-founder of Keith.