Philipp Thurner

Philipp Thurner is the Austrian-born founder and CEO of Nexl, an AI-powered growth and CRM platform for law firms. He built the company in Sydney in 2018 after seeing spreadsheets of global lawyers being updated by hand at Gilbert + Tobin, pivoted through a 'LinkedIn for lawyers' phase, and now runs the business from Brooklyn as it serves more than 150 firms worldwide, including AmLaw 100 members. In October 2025 Nexl closed a $23M Series B (reported as A$35M) led by Tidemark, bringing total funding to roughly $45M.