Moritz (YC W26)
Backed byY Combinator
About Moritz (YC W26)
Moritz Legal is an AI-native law firm that pivoted from building AI software for lawyers to directly delivering legal services to fast-growing tech companies. The company is developing a SaaS platform for legal case management built from the ground up with AI at its core, driven by a small, tight-knit founding team spread across San Francisco, London, and Oslo. Its mission is to provide better, faster, and more affordable legal services to high-growth technology companies. Moritz Legal is currently in a phase of rapid development and cultivates a fast-paced, ownership-driven, and highly collaborative work environment.
Company at a glance
About the Team
Team Distribution
- Leadership33%
- Product & Engineering33%
- Legal Services17%
- Operations17%
Where the Team Studied
- 1.Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- 2.Harvard University
- 3.Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 4.University of Oxford
- 5.Dartmouth College
Team Worked At
- Cooley LLP
- The L Suite (TechGC)
- Square
- Cognite
- Lyft
Team Composition
4 people- Entrepreneurship2 senior2
- Arts and Design1
- Engineering1 senior1
Culture & values
Moritz has a small, tight-knit founding team spread across San Francisco, London, and Oslo.
The team is deeply collaborative.
Working at Moritz involves high ownership, taking initiative and shipping features end-to-end.
Team members gather in person in the UK or Norway for 3-4 days once a month to work together intensively.
The company has early-stage energy, with priorities shifting quickly and a fast pace.
Work has immediate, visible impact on the product and customers.
The environment is energized by ambiguity, rapid iteration, and building something from scratch alongside a talented founding team.
Funding History
$9M
raised
Moritz, a legaltech startup, raised $9 million in an oversubscribed funding round following participation in Y Combinator, backed by investors including 20VC, Urban Innovation Fund, Inception and a group of 20 unicorn founders.
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