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Tavrn — Series B
In Conversation Series B  ·  $30–50M round, $200–300M pre  ·  StoryHouse Fund II
Dossier generated 2026-07-08 by /deal-dossier  ·  Deal record: recMcUoL2xaRWcv9v  ·  Source: Airtable appjxAR3LPe3fkHOp

One-Liner & Thesis

Tavrn owns the full-stack workflow for personal-injury medical litigation — record retrieval, AI chronology generation, and demand letter drafting — in a way EvenUp and Supio don't, and record retrieval alone is driving 70% of the company's growth with a 90% conversion rate. The wedge is going full-stack into a workflow that legal AI's first wave (chronology-only tools) can't monetize.

SH has been tracking Tavrn since the Seed and A rounds (both missed) and finally connected in person at fall 2025 HMC event; Vitor is a Pomona founder, Pedro a Harvard / early-Kalshi PM, and they met through the Lehman family's Brazil founder scholarship. Team is now 35 people with a VP Eng from Medallion and two senior engineers from Loggi and Enter. Left Lane, A*, and Box Group led the Series A. Company is planning a $30–50M Series B at $200–300M pre in Q1–Q2 2026 (per Feb call) — the right SH vehicle is likely Signal Rank or the focused fund rather than the core Fund II.

Investment Score & Recommendation

78/ 100
INVEST

Traction is the driver — Tavrn's medical-record retrieval product is now 70% of growth with a 90% conversion rate (Internal), and the team compounded from Pomona-founder scrappy start to 35 people with a VP Eng from Medallion. The drag is entry price: a $200–300M pre for a Series B into a fragmented but suddenly-hot legal-AI vertical (EvenUp, Supio, Wisedocs) means the return math needs a clean $1B+ outcome to justify Fund II single-investment sizing. This is a Signal Rank / focused-fund fit more than a Fund II core check.

Momentum: Accelerating Red flags: 1 / 9 Confidence: High
Market & TAM8/10
25% weight
Team & Founder9/10
25% weight
Product & Traction8/10
20% weight
Deal Terms6/10
20% weight
VC Syndicate8/10
10% weight

Deal

Funding Round
Series B
Round Size
$30–50M target
Valuation
$200–300M pre
Prior Rounds
Series A $15M @ $75M post (Left Lane); Seed (A*, Box Group)
Fund
StoryHouse Fund II
SH Vehicle Fit
Signal Rank or focused fund > Fund II
Timing
Q1–Q2 2026 raise

Company Snapshot

Sector
Enterprise Software · Legal AI
Location
Bay Area, CA
Website
tavrn.ai
Year Founded
2023
Total Raised
$21.4M
Headcount
~35
Status
Private

Market Size

$5.6B
Legal AI TAM (2026)Web
→ $12.5B by 2030
22.3%
CAGRWeb
$250–500
Per-Chronology PricingWeb
Hot
TimingWeb

Legal AI is a $5.6B market in 2026 growing 22.3% CAGR to $12.5B by 2030 (Web); medical-chronology is one of the most concentrated sub-verticals with EvenUp, Supio, Tavrn, and Wisedocs all pricing at $250–500 per chronology (Web). EvenUp generates 1,600+ chronologies/week for 1,500+ PI firms (Web) — Tavrn's full-stack extension into record retrieval and demand letters is the differentiator that expands wallet-share per firm.

Competition

PlayerPositioningFunding / StageEdge vs. them
TavrnFull-stack PI workflow: retrieval + chronology + demand lettersSeries B, $21.4M raised
EvenUpAI-plus-expert chronology, 1,500+ PI firmsLate Series C, $1B+ valuationTavrn extends past chronology into retrieval + demand letters — larger wallet-share per firm
SupioAI-plus-mandatory human-review chronologySeries BSupio is premium, human-verified; Tavrn's automation is the cost play
WisedocsChronology and record analysisSeries BWisedocs is broader (insurance + legal); Tavrn stays PI-focused
CaseFleet / DepoIQCase management + AI featuresSeries A/BComplementary CRM-side tools; not head-to-head

Moat: The moat is workflow depth — record retrieval feeding chronology feeding demand letters means Tavrn owns the full billable event per case. Once that stack is in a firm, ripping it out is expensive.

Traction

70%
Growth from RetrievalInternal
90%
Retrieval ConversionInternal
35
Team SizeInternal
$21.4M
Total RaisedWeb

Exit Potential

Strategic M&A / IPO
Likely Path
5–7 yr
Time to Liquidity
3–8x
Return ScenarioInternal
at $200–300M entry

Strategic acquirers are Thomson Reuters (bought Casetext for $650M, 2023), LexisNexis, Clio, and Filevine on the case-management side. EvenUp itself is a plausible consolidator. The IPO path exists if Tavrn keeps compounding 3x+ per year and hits $75M+ ARR by 2028.

Founders

Vitor Vavolizza
Co-Founder / CTO
Pomona dropout, joined as founder after Pre-Seed. Deep domain focus in personal-injury legal vertical. Owns the technical roadmap.
Pedro Paulino
Co-Founder / CEO
Harvard graduate, founder / early PM at Kalshi. Met Vitor through the Lehman-family Brazil founder scholarship. Runs go-to-market.

Open Questions & Risks

Next Steps

Latest Meeting Notes

2026-04-24 Deal Call Series B pacing check

Latest touchpoint pacing toward the Series B fundraise.

Source: Meeting Notes recxS2U2MdzVYoFC8
2026-03-24 Deal Call Series B target: $30–50M at $200–300M

Pedro couldn't join. Vitor detailed the Series B target size ($30–50M) and valuation range ($200–300M). Team now 35, with VP Eng from Medallion and record retrieval driving 70% of growth.

Source: Meeting Notes rec09NlrQVW8vN13f
2025-11-13 Deal Notes Long-term tracking update

Written update as SH kept Tavrn in long-term cultivation ahead of the Series B.

Source: Meeting Notes recdADjgSragx30QL

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