Jorrit Willaert

TLDR

Jorrit Willaert is Co-founder and CEO of Jurimesh, a Ghent-based AI-powered legal due diligence platform that raised EUR 1.6M pre-seed from Syndicate One in 2025.

Overview

Jorrit co-founded Jurimesh in 2023 with Jasper De Moor, his co-founder from an unconventional origin: they met through Bumble's business networking mode. Jorrit is a computer science student from Leuven with a specialization in AI, who developed AI projects before founding the company. Jurimesh automates M&A due diligence end-to-end, integrating with virtual data rooms to categorize and analyze legal documents automatically.

The company raised EUR 1.6M in a pre-seed round led by Syndicate One, and counts leading law firms including Andersen and Grant Thornton as clients. Jurimesh integrates with Virtual Vaults for streamlined legal due diligence workflows.

Career Highlights

• Co-founded Jurimesh in 2023, raised EUR 1.6M pre-seed led by Syndicate One in 2025
• Clients include Andersen, Grant Thornton, and boutique M&A firms
• Featured as an example of AI-Native legaltech in the Belgian startup press

Connections

Pre-seed backed by Syndicate One, the Belgian angel network co-founded by Robin Wauters and others. Jurimesh is part of the emerging Belgian legaltech and AI-Native SaaS cohort in Ghent.