What Lemmana does

Lemmana Ltd is a London-based, founder-owned private software company founded in 2017 that sells an AI-powered document capture, classification, data extraction, and redaction platform branded as 'Lemmana Content Services'. The platform combines computer vision (for layout, signature, face, handprint, logo, and identity-document detection), natural language processing, machine learning, and OCR to automate ingestion of scanned and digital documents, and is delivered through a web-based training UI, a REST API, an RPA integration layer, and a mobile app. Supporting components include the Lemmana Archive for internal storage, the Lemmana Plugin for Nuxeo, and integrations with Document Logistix DM5, Box, Office 365, CMIS repositories, Ricoh/Fujitsu fi-series and ScanSnap scanners, and Kodak Alaris network scanners; the system runs on a microservices architecture deployed in Docker containers across AWS, Azure, or on-premise environments. The company was founded by ex-IBM document-capture colleagues Michael Schlachter (co-founder and director) and Ben Davies, and has 1-10 employees with no disclosed institutional funding.

The business model is built on flexible software platform licensing with multiple pricing metrics (CPU count, page throughput, concurrent users, system instances) typically sold on multi-year contracts, rather than standardized per-seat SaaS tiers. Go-to-market is partner-first: Document Logistix is the strategic core partner for UK and US mid-market and enterprise deals, Nuxeo and Ricoh/Fujitsu are key technology and OEM channels, and Kodak Alaris is a minor scanner partner; direct enterprise sales are initiated via a website contact form. Target customers are enterprise and mid-market organizations across verticals including finance, HR, legal, logistics, and law enforcement, with GDPR-driven identity and face redaction positioned as a primary compliance value proposition. The company has won Document Manager Awards annually from 2020 through 2024, including RPA Product of the Year (2023 joint win with Document Logistix, 2024 Runner Up) and Compliance Product of the Year (2021 and 2022).

Name

Lemmana

Legal name

Lemmana Ltd

Website

https://lemmana.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lemmana Ltd is a London-based, founder-owned software company that provides an AI-powered document capture, classification, data extraction, and redaction platform to enterprise and mid-market customers, distributed primarily through partners including Document Logistix, Nuxeo, and Ricoh/Fujitsu.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Intelligent Document Processing

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) & OCR Automation (HDAEAHAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Document Capture, Scanning, OCR/ICR & Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) (HDAEAGAD), iBPMS (Intelligent BPM Suites) & Process Automation Suites (HDAEAHAG)

Keywords

• Intelligent document processing
• AI document capture
• Document classification automation
• Content services platform
• Data extraction software

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Software Platform Licensing: AI-powered document capture platform with flexible pricing models including CPU count, page throughput, concurrent users, and system instances. Supports various billing arrangements to align with partner and customer needs.
2. Usage-based Pricing: Flexible pricing models that can be aligned to page throughput and processing volume, accommodating varying customer usage patterns.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Lemmana provides an AI-powered document capture and content services platform that automatically classifies documents, extracts metadata and entities, and redacts sensitive information using Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, and Machine Learning. The platform is delivered through a web-based UI and REST API, allowing end users to train the system on their own documents without requiring technical consultants, and integrates with document management systems and scanner hardware via OEM and channel partnerships.

Product overview

Lemmana Content Services is a unified Content Services platform built around AI-powered document capture. The core product, Lemmana Content Services, combines Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, and AI to automate document classification, data extraction, and redaction. The platform consists of the core Lemmana Content Services engine, supplemented by the Lemmana Mobile App for mobile capture workflows, the Lemmana Archive for internal document storage, and the Lemmana Plugin for Nuxeo enabling Nuxeo users to leverage Lemmana's AI capabilities. Both a Web-Based User Interface and REST API are provided as primary access methods, with RPA-based processes supporting automated document ingestion. The system uses a Microservice architecture running on Docker Containers for deployment flexibility across cloud or on-premise environments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lemmana Content Services AI-powered document capture platform that uses Computer Vision, Machine Learning, NLP and AI to automatically classify documents, extract data and entities, and redact sensitive information. Designed for enterprise and mid-market customers who want to automate digital transformation and compliance without engaging technical consultants; end users train the system through a web interface.
• Lemmana Mobile App Mobile application for document capture that allows users to upload images captured by Ricoh ScanSnap scanners, enabling mobile and remote document ingestion workflows.
• Lemmana Archive Internal document storage component that retains processed documents and the extracted or redacted data in a logical, searchable structure to support storage, analysis and compliance requirements.
• Lemmana Plugin for Nuxeo Integration plugin for the Nuxeo Content Services Platform that submits Nuxeo-stored documents to Lemmana for OCR, classification, data extraction and auto-redaction, then returns the results automatically to Nuxeo.

Quantifiable outcome

• Removes need for costly and time consuming setup and maintenance
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration10 records

AI capability7 records

Feature12 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and key.

• Document LogistixcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2023Document Logistix is a strategic integration partner for Lemmana. Together they won the 2023 RPA Product of the Year at Document Manager Awards. The combination enables organizations to speed up data capture, enhance workflow efficiency, reduce human error, and ensure compliance. Document Logistix provides document management capabilities while Lemmana provides AI/ML-based document capture, classification, and extraction.
• Ricoh (formerly Fujitsu)keyTechnology or IntegrationRicoh/Fujitsu provides document scanner hardware including fi-series scanners that integrate with Lemmana Content Services. The fi-7300NX integrates via Web UI or Mobile application, and ScanSnap images can be uploaded via the Lemmana Mobile App. Ricoh scanners have high reputation for reliability in document management and scanning applications.
• NuxeokeyTechnology or IntegrationNuxeo is a leading Content Services Platform providing ECM and DAM capabilities. The Lemmana plugin for Nuxeo allows documents stored in the Nuxeo platform to be submitted to Lemmana for OCR, classification, data extraction, and auto-redaction. Nuxeo serves large enterprises, mid-sized businesses, and government agencies worldwide including customers like Verizon, Capital One, and Electronic Arts.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• ABBYY: ABBYY is a leading Intelligent Document Processing vendor offering OCR, document classification, and data extraction — directly overlapping Lemmana's core capture-and-extract proposition for enterprise and mid-market customers.
• Ephesoft: Ephesoft provides AI-powered document capture and data extraction with a partner-led GTM model — a directly comparable niche vendor competing in similar enterprise and government IDP use cases.
• Kofax (Tungsten Automation): Kofax is a long-established document capture and process automation platform — the incumbent rules-based approach that Lemmana explicitly positions against — making it the most direct competitive analogue in the same enterprise segment.
• Datacap (OpenText): Datacap — where Lemmana co-founder Michael Schlachter previously led support — is now part of OpenText and remains a flagship document capture platform; its IBM/Earlier Datacap DNA and enterprise capture focus make it a direct functional peer.

Broad incumbents

• UiPath: UiPath's Document Understanding and IDP capabilities, combined with its market-leading RPA platform, directly compete with Lemmana's RPA-integrated document capture positioning — particularly the joint RPA + capture workflow Lemmana markets with Document Logistix.
• Automation Anywhere: Automation Anywhere combines RPA with its IQ Bot document extraction capability, overlapping with Lemmana's RPA + AI capture convergence story and competing for the same automation-led digital transformation budgets.
• Google Document AI: Google Cloud's Document AI offers document understanding and extraction as part of its broader AI platform — competing with Lemmana for AI-native enterprise IDP workloads, especially for GCP-native customers.
• Microsoft (AI Document Intelligence): Microsoft's Azure AI Document Intelligence (formerly Form Recognizer) is a cloud-based IDP service bundled into the Microsoft Cloud ecosystem — a broad incumbent with overlapping capture and extraction capabilities at scale.

Emerging players

• Hyperscience: Hyperscience is an AI-native document processing vendor focused on enterprise-grade classification and extraction — overlapping with Lemmana's AI/ML approach but at a larger scale with significant venture funding.
• Rossum: Rossum offers AI-based document data extraction with a focus on transactional documents (invoices, POs) — competing with Lemmana in the cloud-native, AI-first IDP category with similar ease-of-use positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lemmana

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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