Ruben Miessen
Ruben Miessen co-founded LegalFly, a Ghent-based AI legal platform that has raised EUR 17 million, bringing product experience from his time on the Tinder product team.
Ruben co-founded LegalFly in Ghent, applying AI to legal workflows for law firms and in-house legal teams. The company has raised EUR 17 million and is positioned in the growing European legal-tech market alongside players like Henchman.
Before founding LegalFly, Ruben worked on the product team at Tinder, giving him experience in consumer product design at scale. That product background informs LegalFly's approach to making AI tools approachable for legal professionals who are not typically early technology adopters.
Ruben built LegalFly from 0 to 700%+ YoY growth in 2025, with 50 employees and offices in Ghent, London, and Dubai. The platform targets enterprise in-house legal and procurement teams with privacy-first AI. Forbes 30 Under 30.
Education
Master's degree, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Antwerp Management School (2016 - 2017)
- Bachelor's Degree, Digital Concept Development, EK Copenhagen (Erasmus+, 2015 - 2016)
Career
LegalFlyCEO & Co-FounderMay 2023 – Present
- Tinder#554factoryTeam Lead & Sr. Product ManagerJun 2022 – Nov 2022
- Match Group#249factoryTeam Lead & Sr. Product ManagerJun 2021 – May 2023
MAGGY - Social distancing made easyCEO & Co-FounderApr 2020 – Jun 2021
- Gumption GroupChief Technology OfficerMar 2019 – Jun 2021
- ZetaPulseCEO & Co-FounderMar 2016 – Mar 2019
- EK - Erhvervsakademi KøbenhavnBachelor’s Degree, Digital Concept Development2015 - 2016
Erasmushogeschool Brussel#23schoolBachelor's Degree, Multimedia and Communication Technology2013 - 2016
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