CEO Tobias Haefele studied at Cambridge and Harvard, then joined McKinsey where he rose to Expert Engagement Manager at QuantumBlack - McKinsey's AI arm. Co-founder Oliver Scott was also at QuantumBlack. They met CTO Zack Zornitta at Hg Capital, where all three were advising on AI.

Consulting is a $1T industry still running on PowerPoint and Excel - tools designed for humans working alone. Harvey transformed legal. Rogo did it for investment banking. Riplo is building the equivalent for consulting: an agent-first interface where AI drafts, structures, and iterates alongside consultants in real time.

McKinsey deployed its internal AI "Lilli" to 72% of its 45,000 staff by 2025. BCG's slide AI tool has been used 450,000+ times. But mid-market firms - large enough to need enterprise AI, too small to build it - have been waiting for their tool.

Emerged from stealth last month with £2.3M pre-seed led by Cherry Ventures, joined by Blue Lion Capital, the founders of QuantumBlack, and angels from OpenAI, Apple, Goldman Sachs, and Hg Capital. Three founders, London-based, and already working with design partners.