About us
Clue is a world-class investigation and intelligence management application that centralises and links all information in searchable data structures. Our software enables diverse investigation teams worldwide to detect threats, prevent recurrence, uncover actionable intelligence, and progress investigations to successful outcomes at pace.
Detect early, investigate at pace, act with certainty
Our journey started in law enforcement. Clue began as a tool for police to organise, manage and search evidence and export case files quickly and easily. The advantages of digitalising investigations quickly spread to other sectors and industries.
Today, Clue serves a growing global community of investigation professionals across law enforcement, government, not for profit, sports and corporate organisations.
What makes us different
Leadership and best practice in investigations
As industry leaders, we bring unparalleled expertise deeply rooted in law enforcement, setting a high standard for investigative excellence. Our collective knowledge empowers us to address diverse threats across sectors, making us a reliable source of insights and best practices.
Product strategy
Our platform simplifies complex investigative workflows, ensuring organisations run efficient and compliant investigations. We provide timely, context-rich information, eliminating the need for exhaustive searches. We enable users to measure investigation success and ROI, helping secure and expand funding streams confidently.
Heart of the ecosystem
Clue places data accessibility at the forefront, simplifying secure data exchange across various systems. Our commitment extends to representing UK tech in national forums, advocating for seamless interoperability.
Community engagement
Our platform unites professionals to exchange vital knowledge, enhancing their investigative capabilities collaboratively. The insights generated within our community inform our company and product priorities, ensuring alignment with user needs. We also actively contribute to existing communities, broadening our reach and impact.
Diversity of customer base
Our configurable system caters to a diverse user base across geographical, domain, sectoral, and threat-type variations. Despite differences, a shared set of requirements is met through Clue, reinforcing our leadership position. We amplify these diverse voices through product features, communities, and content.
Pureplay intelligence and investigation
Our single, in-house-built application is exclusively designed to enhance intelligence and investigative capabilities. It offers rapid deployment, template configurations for various workflows, and scalable innovation. This ensures that all Clue product enhancements are accessible to all customers, fostering scalability and a dynamic roadmap.
Trusted by
Clue is trusted by 4000+ investigation professionals worldwide, spanning law enforcement, government, not for profit, corporate and sports organisations.
The Team
Clare Elford
Clare is Chief Executive Officer, and co-owner, of Clue. Under Clare’s stewardship, Clue has become a leading investigation case management and intelligence platform. Clare has driven the development of a single platform, interoperable product that is at the centre of the investigation technology ecosystem.
Thomas Drohan
Thomas is Chief Commercial Officer, and co-owner, of Clue. Thomas has extensive experience building and leading world-class technology businesses. He is passionate about creating teams that are focused on customer success by working closely with product users to understand their changing environments and challenges to meet their needs.
Adam Hale
Adam has served as non-executive Chair of Clue since November 2021. He is also Chair of SaaS businesses Orbus Software and Arctic Shores, operating partner for SALESmanago and edays, Venture Partner for Notion Capital, Partner of ScaleUp Group and committee member of Boardwave.
Phil Suddick
Phil is a former law enforcement officer. During his thirty-year service to 2015, he specialised in proactive and reactive complex anti-corruption investigations and the covert investigation and locating of high-risk global fugitives. Phil then moved into the world of sport tackling global corruption in tennis.
Nick Gregory
Nick is the chief marketing officer for Clue Software and is responsible for the business’s global marketing and communications strategy. Nick has over 35 years of experience in B2B software marketing, sales and product development. He joined Clue in August 2022, having previously served as CMO for nearly six years at IRIS Software Group.
Nick Harber
Nick is Chief Financial Officer of Clue. Nick joined Clue in 2021, playing a key role in securing the strategic growth investment from Frog Capital. Nick also fulfils the role of COO.
Matt Horne
Matt is Director of Investigations and Intelligence. A former law enforcement leader, he served for 30 years in policing and national security, accomplishing the position of National Crime Agency Deputy Director - Investigations. He is expert in the domains of intelligence and investigations, with experience leading the most complex and high risk operations at national level.
Rob Thomas
Rob is a seasoned technology professional with over 30 years’ experience in delivering robust and scalable software solutions, utilising cutting-edge technologies and delivering successful projects that have resulted in significant revenue growth. His passion for technology and his drive to build high-quality software products align perfectly with Clue’s vision.
Antonia James
Antonia is the Chief Operations Officer for Clue Software. She joined in January 2024, having previously worked in the legal sector, and is responsible for business operations with a strong customer focus. Antonia’s passion for embracing technology and innovation aligns with our purpose - to protect society from harm.
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Our customers across law enforcement, government, sports, non-profit and corporate sectors tackle challenges from human trafficking and economic crime to safeguarding and corruption.
