We create contract clarity for the whole company

The idea of Summize

General Counsel Tom Dunlop and Developer David Smith joined forces to create technology that could easily extract and summarize key contract information. This was just the beginning of their idea and vision for the future.

Product launch

Created Summize, initially as a contract summarization tool, and started to gain our first customers.

Richard Somerfield joined

We expanded our Senior Leadership Team with Chief Technology Officer Richard Somerfield.

Received a £500,000 investment from Maven Equity Finance

£500,000 investment to grow the Summize offering and solution from Maven Equity Finance.

Incorporated in Manchester

Incorporated the business in Manchester, our first office and home, and began to scale the business across the UK and EMEA markets.

First to market with AI reviews

Summize became the first solution to market with AI reviews, directly embedded within Microsoft Word.

Legal tech breakthrough awards 2020

Awarded trhe legal tech breakthrough awards 2020, as the Team Collaboration Platform of the year.

250% revenue increase each quarter

In our early stages, we reported a 250% revenue increase each quarter for our financial yearm as a result of a growing demand for our time-saving technology.

Northern Star Award

Awarded the Northern Star award at the GP. Bullhound Northern Tech Awards 2021.

Became a full CLM solution

Transitioned from a contract summarization tool, to an end-to-end contract lifecycle management solution, with a focus on mid-market corporates.​

Artificial Intelligence awards 2021

Awarded the Artificial Intelligence award at Corporate Vision's AI awards.

Laura Proctor joined

Expanded our Senior Leadership Team with VP of Marketing Laura Proctor.

First CLM with a Teams integration

First CLM to launch an embedded Teams integration - meeting businesses where they already work.

First CLM with a Slack integration

First CLM to launch an embedded Slack integration - meeting businesses where they already work.

Series A investment

Secured Series A investment of £5,000,000 from existing partners Maven Capital Partners and new partners YFM Equity Partners.

Winners of the Trusted Vendor

Winners of the Trusted Vendor award at the Crozdesk 2023 awards.

Launched Salesforce integration

Launched our first CRM integration with Salesforce, adding to the many tools we integrate with.

Our first North American office

Expanding on our US success, we opened our first North American office, in Boston, MA.

Rachel Cunliffe joins

Expanded our Senior Leadership Team with new Chief Financial Officer Rachel Cunliffe.

First CLM with Outlook and Gmail integrations

First CLM solution to market with native CLM integrations for Outlook and Gmail.

Achieved record 100% ARR growth

For the fourth consecutive year, we reported more than 100% growth in net Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) and doubled our customer base worldwide.

The launch of AI redlining

Launched our AI redlining functionality, directly in Microsoft Word - meeting lawyers in the tools they already know and love.

HubSpot integration launch

Launched our HubSpot integration, to expand our CRM embedded capabilities alongside Salesforce.

No.8 in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50

Ranked No.8 fastest growing company in the UK in the 2024 Deloitte technology fast 50 awards.

Legal Disruptors 2025 report

Launch of our Legal Disruptors report, created from the findings of a global survey to in-house lawyers about how to elevate the legal role.

Launch of our agentic AI

Launch of SIA (Summize Intelligent Agents), our agentic AI agents that support different tasks across the contract lifecycle.

Ask SIA launch

Launch of Ask SIA, our AI-powered chatbot that answers all your contract and workflow related questions.

Celebrated 5 years of 100% ARR growth

We celebrated and marked five consecutive years of 100% ARR growth, thanks to the accelerated adoption of our global CLM.

Opening of our San Diego office

Expanded our US footprint by opening our second North American office, in San Diego, California.

15 awards in 2025

Ended the year with 15 awards across legal technology and contract innovation awards in both the US and EMEA.

Raised $50 million investment

Raised a $50 million investment to accelerate our next phase of growth, from existing investors - Maven Capital Partners and YFM Equity Partners - and new investors Kennet Partners and Federated Hermes Private Equity.

Appointment of Christopher Picarde

Christoher Picarde, our new Chief Revenue Office and the first Senior Leadership Team member in the US, joins the Summize team.

Appointment of our first full-time General Counsel

Alexandria (Lexi) Lutz joins Summize as our first full-time General Counsel, based out of our Boston office.