Experience-led.
Purpose Driven.

DNexus is led by a founding team with over 35 years of combined experience across IP protection, legal operations, and technology.

People

The leadership team

Built by practitioners driven by impact.

Michael James
Co-Founder & CEO

A career entrepreneur with a track record in IP protection service ventures.

Joseph Cherayath
Co-Founder & COO

A knowledge champion in IP protection, having worked closely with leading brands, law enforcement agencies and law firms worldwide.

Matthew Bill
Co-founder & CTO

An experienced technology leader specialising in SaaS and data-driven platforms across three decades.

Founders' Perspective

Why we built DNexus

Having spent years working alongside IP professionals, we saw an industry dominated by variations of the same managed service model: opaque processes, limited visibility, and decisions increasingly removed from legal expertise.

We believed there was a better way.

DNexus was founded to place control back in the hands of IP experts, giving them the infrastructure to work more strategically, collaborate more effectively, and deliver consistent, defensible outcomes.

Our goal is not to disrupt for the sake of it, but to build something meaningful, modern, and genuinely useful. A platform that helps IP professionals succeed as the landscape continues to evolve.