Technology-driven alternative investment firm managing $1.5B+ in litigation finance and legal risk investments for institutional clients.
Legalist is an investment firm founded in 2016 and incubated at Y Combinator that manages more than $1.5 billion in technology-enabled alternative investments involving legal and regulatory risk. The firm uses AI to identify investments from public datasets and employs tech-based origination at scale to deliver uncorrelated yields to institutional investors including endowments, foundations, hospitals, insurance companies, and family offices. Legalist launched its first fund in 2017 and has grown its assets under management through data-driven deal sourcing in litigation finance and related alternative assets. Legalist is a product of Legalist.