# Olly Thornton-Berry

> Olly Thornton-Berry is the London-based co-founder and CEO of Thirdfort, a client due diligence platform for regulated businesses. A former software investor, he founded the company with schoolfriend Jack Bidgood in 2017 after a friend lost £25,000 in a property fraud. His public writing covers customer research, hiring, focus and the changes founders must make as their companies grow.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Thirdfort
- **Organizations:** Thirdfort
- **Education:** Durham University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Thirdfort in 2017., Helped grow Thirdfort from 30 business clients in January 2020 to 700 in March 2022, according to the founders’ funding announcement., Thirdfort secured £15 million in Series A investment in March 2022.

## Career timeline

- **2009-2012** — Attended Durham University; his LinkedIn profile records a student loyalty startup with 20 local business customers.
- **2016** — Became a CFA charterholder in August.
- **2017** — Left his City job and co-founded Thirdfort with schoolfriend Jack Bidgood.
- **2018** — Participated in Mishcon de Reya’s MDR LAB with Bidgood, working with real estate and risk and compliance teams.
- **2019** — Thirdfort service launched in March, according to Legal Futures; its source-of-funds feature also launched in 2019.
- **2022** — Thirdfort announced £15 million in Series A funding from Breega and Element Ventures on March 7.
- **2024** — Reported Thirdfort’s first £1 million month, 1,500 business users and 2.3 million app users in his year-end highlights.
- **2026** — Thirdfort announced more than one million source-of-funds users in July.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Thirdfort in 2017.
- Helped grow Thirdfort from 30 business clients in January 2020 to 700 in March 2022, according to the founders’ funding announcement.
- Thirdfort secured £15 million in Series A investment in March 2022.
- Reported 1,500 business customers and 2.3 million app users in his 2024 highlights.
- Thirdfort was recognised in the Megabuyte Emerging Stars Awards 2025.
- Thirdfort reported more than one million users of its source-of-funds feature in July 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Thirdfort announced on July 28 that more than one million buyers, sellers and giftors had used its source-of-funds feature since 2019.
- **2025-08** — In a LinkedIn reflection on his eighth year building Thirdfort, he said he would focus earlier, spend more effort on talent and worry less about market size at the outset.

## Links

- Website: https://www.thirdfort.com/
- LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/olly-thornton-berry-24217b57

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Last updated: 2026-10-21