2 minute read | June.04.2026
Lassie, the company building AI-powered autonomous systems to run small businesses, announced its $35 million Series A financing, bringing its total capital raised to $47 million.
The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) with support from Night Capital, Rahul Vohra (founder and former CEO of Superhuman), Zach Perret (co-founder and CEO of Plaid), Taavet Hinrikus (co-founder and former CEO of Wise), Gokul Rajaram and Brian Balfour.
Orrick represents Lassie.
Lassie helps small businesses run themselves. By pushing the boundaries of autonomous systems, it handles the busywork for business owners. First, doctor’s offices.
Lassie was founded by Steijn Pelle, an early product manager at Robinhood and Coinbase, and Frédéric Renken, the first product hire of Superhuman. It is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, Homebrew, Go Global Ventures, Night Capital, and more. The company currently serves 700+ small businesses, providing owners with over 250,000 hours of labor each year.
"Small business owners should be freed up from doing busywork, so they can focus on what they are passionate about," said Steijn Pelle, CEO and co-founder of Lassie. "After watching 700 businesses rely on Lassie to do a big part of their administration, I am convinced that the future is bright. They now use the time we save them to grow the business and spend more time with customers. And we are just getting started!"
Orrick’s John Bautista and Jake Wyrick lead the team advising Lassie, with support from Alexandra Aquilina-Piscitello, Vinny Mei, Alexa Steranko, Andrew Philip Barlow, Daniel Yost, Taylor Ranfos, Maya Krpata, Yvonne Nyborg, Blake Ilstrup and Dolph Hellman.