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Roan Lavery

Co-founder and CEO, FreeAgent, named behind the FreeAgent API listing on Anchor Terminal.

Roan Lavery

Co-founder and CEO, FreeAgent

Roan Lavery co-founded FreeAgent in Edinburgh in 2007 with Ed Molyneux and Olly Headey and is its chief executive. The three had worked as freelance designers or developers and built the accounting software to escape the mess of their own bookkeeping. NatWest Group acquired the company in 2018.

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Who is Roan Lavery?

Roan Lavery co-founded FreeAgent in Edinburgh in 2007 with Ed Molyneux and Olly Headey and is its chief executive. The three had worked as freelance designers or developers and built the accounting software to escape the mess of their own bookkeeping. NatWest Group acquired the company in 2018.

What does FreeAgent make?

Anchor Terminal lists FreeAgent API from FreeAgent. REST API for FreeAgent, the UK small-business accounting product owned by NatWest Group.

Who has invested in FreeAgent?

The sources our research read name Lightbank.

How are Roan's tools graded?

FreeAgent API is graded C, 57.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

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