Brightflag

Brightflag is a legal technology company that provides a legal spend management and matter management platform for corporate legal teams.

Legal and compliance Fintech500 Global

Acquired by WWolters Kluwer on May 29, 2025 for $479.4M (EUR 425,000,000) · legaltechnology.com.

Website: brightflag.com.

X: @brightflaghq · 893 followers.

LinkedIn: linkedin.com.

Categories: Legal and compliance Fintech.

Sectors: FinTech, Legal.

Based in: Ireland.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 28, 2026.

Signals

X account@brightflaghq · created Dec 14, 2013 (12 years old) · 893 followers

Website registeredSep 18, 2006 (20 years old)

Timeline

May 29, 2025
Acquired by WWolters Kluwer · $479.4M (EUR 425,000,000)
Source: legaltechnology.com
2016
5500 Global · batch
Source: 500.co
December 14, 2013
X account created
September 18, 2006
Website created

Founders and team

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Alex Kelly Founder

source: 500.co
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Ian Nolan Founder

@nolanian · source: 500.co
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Kevin Cohn General Manager (CEO)
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Jason Beatty CTO
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Ciaran O'Callaghan Enterprise Sales, EMEA
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Ingrid Wallace VP of People
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Jake Mendelson Vice President of Sales
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Michael Scarpelli Vice President, Finance

Acquisitions

Acquired company	Price	Announced
JJoinder	Not disclosed publicly	Date not given

Investors

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Sources and API

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