Escrow Solutions for Critical Software

About The Escrow Company – Our Journey

Founded in 2015 by Evan Lever, The Escrow Company, formerly known as Escrow London, is a multinational software escrow provider dedicated to ensuring business continuity and risk mitigation for SaaS environments. Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, we deliver global service and support through our offices in London, UK; Atlanta, USA; and Sydney, Australia.

Specializing in software escrow solutions tailored for cloud-based platforms, we provide unmatched support across leading infrastructures, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.

Following rapid growth across the UK and Europe, we expanded into North America in 2020, launching Escrow London North America Inc in Atlanta, GA. In 2024, our presence extended to Australia with the formation of Escrow London Australia Pty Ltd in Sydney. Today, all branches operate under the unified brand of The Escrow Company, reinforcing our commitment to secure, compliant, and innovative software escrow solutions worldwide.

SaaS Focused Escrow

The business model of The Escrow Company is simple: to bring a fresh, flexible approach to an industry that was often seen as rigid, outdated, and lacking transparency. Our goal is to provide world-class software escrow solutions with fair, transparent pricing—without compromising on quality or security.

As enterprise adoption of SaaS-hosted applications grew, The Escrow Company invested in developing robust escrow solutions tailored for cloud environments, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.

Today, we proudly support thousands of companies across the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, and beyond. Our diverse client base includes major banks, insurance firms, technology enterprises, and software start-ups, all relying on us to safeguard their critical software assets and ensure business continuity.

G-Cloud 14

In November 2024, Escrow London trading as The Escrow Company was awarded a UK government framework agreement under the G-Cloud 14 platform. This major achievement recognizes the innovative escrow solutions that we provide backed up by our serious accreditations approved by the UK government.

Our Experience

When it comes to experience, we have it all. The founders and management of our company have been in the software escrow business for over 20 years. We have negotiated thousands of agreements with many of the worlds’ largest organisations.

How does our technical experience match up to our competitors?

We believe that software escrow should be a simple process with effective controls built around 3 pillars:

1. Legal Framework

The Escrow Company’s framework agreement provides neutral assurance to all parties involved of the software escrow process. We do not charge any fees for amending the template agreement and we always strive to provide a swift turnaround on comments. We have extensive legal experience in negotiating software agreements with many of the world’s largest law firms and corporations. Our liability and professional indemnity insurance is in line with international standards for software escrow (up to U$5,000,000 (North America)/£5,000,000 (UK and international).

2. Management Process

We have years of experience in handling the entire management process of a software escrow agreement from initiation, testing and trigger events in the UK, USA and further afield. This management process covers 4 key areas:

Data storage – When it comes to data storage, we believe we lead the way in the software escrow market by providing secure cloud storage vaults adhering to our ISO27001 accreditations.
Accreditations – Escrow London trading as The Escrow Company has been independently certified with ISO27001 and ISO27017 covering all aspects of information security including cloud security.
Management – Once a software escrow agreement is in place, it is vital to ensure that the source code is updated on an agreed frequency. The Escrow Company provides automated deposits directly from Git to ensure the source code deposits are always up to date.
Release Process – In the unlikely event that a release/trigger event occurs, we have years of experience to ensure the process is handled in a delicate, professional, and neutral way. From the beginning, our agreements clearly outline the release events and the dispute resolution process. We can work with various global arbitration processes.

3. Verification Testing

The testing of the source code in a software escrow deposit is an integral part of every software escrow agreement. Our testing consultants all possess solid experience in the management and verification of source code acquired from years of on the job training with some of the world’s largest software escrow vendors. Our SaaS Escrow verification consultants are all certified AWS, Azure and Google Cloud engineers. As we are proponents of transparency, we are happy to provide the CV’s of our testing consultants before they commence work. All testing performed by us results in a detailed report clearly outlining the outcome and process. Our comprehensive documentation is written in common sense, plain to understand English. We don’t see any value in a test result report that the non-technical person cannot understand with ease. understand with ease.

G-Cloud 14 Approved

Escrow London Ltd trading as The Escrow Company has successfully been approved to supply our innovative escrow solutions through the latest iteration of the United Kingdom government’s G-Cloud framework.

The framework agreement covers traditional software escrow, verification services and unique SaaS escrow solutions that provide business continuity for SaaS hosted applications hosted within AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform.

The Escrow Company is proud to have been awarded a G-Cloud framework agreement, and we are the first software escrow vendor on the platform to support automatic deposits directly from GitHub and Bitbucket.

The Escrow Company Cloud Vaults

At The Escrow Company, we are committed to delivering cutting-edge software escrow solutions that seamlessly integrate with the technologies our clients rely on. Our services are powered by state-of-the-art infrastructure within AWS and Microsoft Azure, ensuring security, reliability, and scalability.

To support modern development workflows, we integrate with leading tools such as GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, Azure TFS, and Docker containers, enabling effortless escrow deposits and secure version control.

All data stored in our digital vaults is encrypted in transit and at rest, meeting stringent international data security standards. Additionally, clients can select their preferred geographic data storage region, with options including the USA, Canada, UK, EU or Australia, providing added flexibility and compliance with regional regulations.