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Melior

“Can a small UK AI startup carve out a defensible niche in contract intelligence by combining semantic search, Q&A, and IDP over third-party legal paper?”

Founded2018
HQUnited Kingdom
Total raised$750K
Latest roundSeed
IndustryHorizontal SaaS / Legal

The story

Melior AI began in 2018 as a broad AI research and solutions company (with an ICO-style whitepaper targeting healthcare, IoT, finance, commerce, and more). It has since narrowed sharply into a Contract Intelligence SaaS product — automating classification, review, and Q&A over legal documents. The company remains small (~8 employees) and UK-headquartered, with modest seed-stage funding.

Last 12 months

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Product timeline

2018

Melior AI founded; published white paper proposing token sale to fund AI R&D and 'Democratise Artificial Intelligence'.· pivot

2020

Pivoted focus to Contract Intelligence platform — cross-language semantic search, Q&A, and IDP for legal documents.· pivot

The stack

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Accounting gap: none

Melior — frequently asked

Where is Melior headquartered?

Melior is founded in 2018 and headquartered in United Kingdom.

How much funding has Melior raised?

Melior has raised $750K in total (latest round: Seed).

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