What Really Happens When the Software Behind a Billion-Dollar Business Fails?

What happens when the software your entire business runs on suddenly becomes inaccessible?That’s where Evan Lever comes in.He’s the founder of The Escrow Company — a global leader in digital escrow for software, cloud infrastructure, and IP.After a successful exit during the Israeli tech boom, Evan moved to London and started again — bootstrapping his new venture from scratch and landing clients like Pfizer, Deloitte, and Unilever.With operations in London, Sydney, and Atlanta, The Escrow Company protects the mission-critical digital assets that power some of the world’s most important technology — even holding entire cloud environments, root credentials, and source code in trust.In this episode, Evan reveals:▫️ What software escrow actually is — and why you should care▫️ How he landed billion-dollar clients from scratch▫️ The risks most SaaS founders completely overlook▫️ Why trust — not code — is his real product▫️ How he built and exited the company after 13 yearsThis is what it looks like to build quietly, globally — and with zero margin for error.📸 This episode was kindly hosted by UCL’s School of Management.Home to a world-class Entrepreneurship programme that supports the next generation of founders: https://www.mgmt.ucl.ac.uk/entrepreneurshipFuelled by Neutonic. For 10% off head to https://www.neutonic.com/chin-wag or use code CHINWAGSubscribe on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/07OOtcuvlNzNQsidtyLRca?si=70b8a28ea8754bf5Follow us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/chinwagcoFollow us on LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/chin-wagFor more on Evan and The Escrow Company, head to:https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-lever-873794/https://www.escrowcompany.co/