Overview
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.
Career history
- CEO & Co-FounderMay 2023 - PresentLegalFly
- Team Lead & Sr. Product ManagerJun 2021 - May 2023Match Group / Tinder
- CEO & Co-FounderCOVID wearable, Apr 2020 - Jun 2021MAGGYraised seed, 25K+ devices
- Chief Technology OfficerMar 2019 - Jun 2021Gumption Group
Education
Master's degree, Innovation and Entrepreneurship2016 - 2017Antwerp Management School
- Bachelor's Degree, Digital Concept Development, EK Copenhagen (Erasmus+, 2015 - 2016)Education
LinkedIn Voice
Posting style: Product-focused and milestone-driven. Good narrative around market positioning. Posts 2-3 times per month. Growing international ambitions. Key themes: LegalFly product (Agent Studio, AI for in-house legal teams), US expansion (Legalweek New York), Enterprise AI adoption in legal, leadership Avg engagement: 87 likes, 5 comments Notable post: LegalFly at Legalweek NYC, 149 likes -- "The 'should we use AI in legal?' debate is over."
In the news
- Thank you to AmCham Belgium and Ambassador Bill White for hosting yesterday’s breakfast at the US Embassy in Brussels. What struck me most was Ambassador White’s ambition for what the economic relationship between Belgium and the United States can become. The opportunity is much bigger than trade alone. It is about building deeper links between our technology ecosystems, our companies and our talent. AI will be one of the defining forces behind that next chapter. We had a great discussion about what AI will mean for society, how it
- I have been very open about the standards we expect at LEGALFLY. People who consistently meet them should not have to wait years for more responsibility. This week, we promoted seven colleagues into larger leadership roles across finance, people, solutions engineering, engineering and sales: Tim Van den Berghe Youp Van Rensbergen Anastasia Scrève Alexander Lampaert Gilles Debrock Natasha Sharma Armin Raissi Each has helped move LEGALFLY forward through the ownership they have taken and the results they have delivered. As we grow,
- LEGALFLY is already the system of work for legal teams at enterprises like the European Commission, McLaren, Bosch, KPMG and SAP. Today, we’re becoming the system of record too. Introducing LEGALFLY Contract Intelligence. Getting legal work done faster was step one. The harder problem? Knowing what needs your attention before you even ask. Contract Intelligence continuously watches your contracts and surfaces: → Risk before it becomes a problem → Renewals before deadlines hit → Obligations before they’re missed → What your team
- Deze Gentse scale-up laat juridisch werk zichzelf afhandelenDe eerste generatie juridische AI maakte de jurist sneller. Bij de Gentse scale-up LEGALFLY doet de software het werk intussen grotendeels zelf, en dat voor elke afdeling die met juridisch werk te maken krijgt. Met een reeks autonome workflows en een goedkopere licentie voor niet-juristen mikt CEO Ruben Miessen op het hele bedrijf en zwemt […] L’article Deze Gentse scale-up laat juridisch werk zichzelf afhandelen est apparu en premier sur Forbes België.
Forbes BE Innovatie · 22 Jul 2026
- Deze Gentse scale-up laat juridisch werk zichzelf afhandelenDe eerste generatie juridische AI maakte de jurist sneller. Bij de Gentse scale-up LEGALFLY doet de software het werk intussen grotendeels zelf, en dat voor elke afdeling die met juridisch werk te maken krijgt. Met een reeks autonome workflows en een goedkopere licentie voor niet-juristen mikt CEO Ruben Miessen op het hele bedrijf en zwemt […]
L’article Deze Gentse scale-up laat juridisch werk zic
- LegalTechTalk is always a great reality check. The legal AI market is booming. Enterprise adoption has never been higher, and the conversations have evolved from “Why AI?” to “How fast can we roll it out?” For LEGALFLY , attending for the 3rd year in a row is our annual mirror moment. We move so fast that we rarely stop to notice how much we’ve grown. Then you come back and see it: a bigger booth, a bigger team, bigger customers, and even bigger ambitions. On to year four. 🚀
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