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MDR Lab incubator showcase event featured in Artificial Lawyer

MDR Lab incubator showcase event featured in Artificial Lawyer

MDR Lab has been featured in Artificial Lawyer following the recent MDR Lab showcase event. The event brought together MDR Lab’s network to further explore the value-add of legal technology, with presentations from several of the companies it has supported, including Draftwise, Della, Version Story and Amplifi. Reflecting on the showcase, Artificial Lawyer’s editorial team

3 November 2022

Thirdfort – Where are they now?

Thirdfort – Where are they now?

In 2018, co-founders Olly Thornton-Berry and Jack Bidgood of Thirdfort Limited joined MDR LAB. Inspired by a mutual friends experience of being defrauded when buying a flat, they set out on a mission to solve this problem by building a secure payment platform combining digital on-board verification. During their time in the LAB, Olly and

18 August 2021

MDR LAB one of The Times’ best places for business in London

MDR LAB one of The Times’ best places for business in London

MDR LAB has been listed in The Times’ list of best places for business in London. The article, which breaks down the city by area and type of workspace, has listed MDR LAB as one of the best accelerators/incubators in The City. See the full list here (subscription required)

13 February 2020

Learnings from the Web Summit conference in Lisbon

Learnings from the Web Summit conference in Lisbon

This month I attended Web Summit conference in Lisbon, where 70,000 self-proclaimed ‘tech nerds’ descended upon the Altice Arena for a packed three days of key notes, startup presentations and lectures from an all-star line-up that included Sir Martin Sorrell, Margrethe Vestager of the European Commission (who recently took on Apple, Amazon and Google and

14 November 2019

Now & Next: Work: In Progress – in partnership with The Economist

Now & Next: Work: In Progress – in partnership with The Economist

Imagine paying people no strings attached cash, whether they have a job or not. In California, two experiments are being planned that some think could be the solution to a potentially jobless dystopian future.

14 February 2019

Mishcon de Reya invests in MDR LAB start-up Thirdfort

Mishcon de Reya invests in MDR LAB start-up Thirdfort

Mishcon de Reya has invested in Thirdfort, one of its MDR LAB 2018 legal tech start-ups, which works with lawyers to securely hold money during property transactions. MDR LAB is Mishcon de Reya’s incubator programme for start-ups operating in the legal space. In May 2018, the firm ran the programme for the second consecutive year,

20 November 2018

SpaceTech meets PropTech

SpaceTech meets PropTech

Mishcon de Reya and Orbital Witness collaborate to improve the real estate due diligence process through property datasets and satellite imagery. Whether acting for a buyer, vendor, developer, investor or capital provider, every property transaction entails some degree of due diligence. Understandably, clients want to receive actionable advice as early as possible due to the

29 August 2018

9 Ways For Corporates To Benefit From Working With Startups

9 Ways For Corporates To Benefit From Working With Startups

There are only two options for corporates today, argues Gary Stewart. “We have to disrupt or we will be disrupted,” says the director of Wayra UK, the accelerator of global telecoms company Telefónica. Like many corporates founded in a different era, Telefónica’s competitors are no longer other telecom companies but small technology companies or startups. If

16 July 2018

Law Gazette: Firms expanding

Law Gazette: Firms expanding

Firms are increasingly seeking modern offices outside of London to expand their footprint, according to sector research. Property consultancy Knight Frank says that 80% of last year’s top 20 law firm office deals reflected moves to ‘high quality modern’ office space in ‘vibrant’ city centres. Law firms accounted for 13% of office take-up in Manchester,

31 May 2018

National Magazine: Legal Futures

National Magazine: Legal Futures

Time for a round-up of notable trends and developments and views that highlight innovation in the legal industry. Rosenblatt Solicitors announced plans to go public, and is hoping to raise £43m on its IPO, which would make it the largest of its kind. It would be the fourth English law firm to do so since the liberalization

16 May 2018

MDR LAB 2018 cohort

MDR LAB 2018 cohort

Mishcon de Reya has today named the five companies it has selected to participate in the second year of its technology incubator programme, MDR LAB. They were selected following a pitch day at the firm’s London headquarters on 21 March, where 16 companies presented their products and ideas. The companies selected for the 2018 programme

8 May 2018

Two property companies to sponsor the real estate category of MDR LAB

Two property companies to sponsor the real estate category of MDR LAB

In a novel move, MDR LAB, the legal tech incubator of UK law firm Mishcon de Reya has announced that two property sector companies, Derwent London and Coyote will sponsor the Real Estate category of its programme this year and mentor start-ups that join its second cohort. The move is an interesting one as at

25 January 2018