Talli raises $4m in Seed Round to modernise legal payments technology

By Gloria Mathias

Talli, a digital payments platform for the legal industry, has announced a $4 million seed funding round led by Vestigo Ventures. The investment will accelerate the company’s mission to transform how legal professionals manage client settlements and reimbursements.

Legal service providers face persistent payment obstacles that impact their operational efficiency, such as manual and analogue processes upstream of the settlement cycle, unpredictable reimbursement cycles, limited client payment options, excessive transaction costs, and complex compliance tracking.

Talli introduces a comprehensive solution that streamlines payment processes, reduces administrative overhead, and enhances financial transparency for legal businesses.

“AI serves as a catalyst for digitising traditionally analogue industries, unlocking unprecedented economic value and transformation,” said Rob Heffernan, Co-Founder and CEO at Talli. “While the legal sector has historically been slow to embrace digital innovation, we’re at a pivotal moment of change. Through our payments infrastructure, Talli is strategically positioned to introduce unprecedented automation to legal settlements, significantly reducing risk and costs for our clients.”

“Generative AI has allowed any person to code, and it has also enabled the most talented teams to reinvent industries—and that’s exactly what Rob and the team at Talli are doing for payments in the legal industry. At Nadia Partners, we’re operators and have had the privilege to co-found this business with Rob. We’ve been thrilled with the support from Vestigo Ventures,” said Aidan Kehoe, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Nadia Partners.

The Talli platform offers a robust suite of features designed to empower both legal administrators and claimants:

• Multiple secure digital payment methods
• Automated fraud and compliance management
• Real-time payment tracking dashboard and customisable reporting tools
• intuitive user experience for all end users
• Automation of settlement processes

“A staggering number of entrepreneurs have built successful companies to help businesses accept digital payments,” said Frazer Anderson, Partner at Vestigo Ventures. “There has been much less innovation helping organisations distribute value. Talli’s combination of team and timing made it easy for us to get excited to back them. Rob’s not a CEO you’d bet against!”

As Talli embarks on this next phase of growth, the company invites a select group of legal professionals, claims administrators, and service providers interested in transforming their payment processes to join its early access program.