Lassie

Summary active Updated Jun 4, 2026

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Location San Francisco, CA
Latest Stage Series A
Total Raised $47M
Sector
ai healthcare dental-tech small-business automation vertical-saas

Investors

Rahul Vohra series-a (2026)
Zach Perret series-a (2026)
Gokul Rajaram series-a (2026)
Rob Moffat Series B (2023)
Andreessen Horowitz series-a (2026)
Balderton Capital Series B (2023)

Founders

Steijn Pelle Co-Founder & CEO
Frédéric Renken Co-Founder

About

Lassie is a San Francisco-based AI company building autonomous systems that run small businesses end-to-end, starting with dental practices 12. The platform enters insurance portals, pulls reimbursements, reconciles them, updates systems of record, and verifies funds in the bank 1. Lassie currently operates in over 700 practices across 49 states and provides business owners with more than 250,000 hours of labor annually 12. The company was co-founded by Steijn Pelle (CEO, previously an early product manager at Robinhood and Coinbase) and Frédéric Renken (the first product hire at Superhuman) 23.

Funding History

Date Round Amount Lead Co-investors
2026-06-03 Series A $35M Andreessen Horowitz Night Capital, Rahul Vohra, Zach Perret, Taavet Hinrikus, Gokul Rajaram, Brian Balfour 123

The Series A brings Lassie’s total funding to $47M 12. As part of the round, Alex Rampell (a16z general partner, Affirm co-founder) joined Lassie’s board 2.

What Investors Say

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Sources

  1. BusinessWire, “Lassie Raises $35M Led by Andreessen Horowitz to Build AI for Small Businesses to Run Themselves,” June 3, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260603909717/en/Lassie-Raises-$35M-Led-by-Andreessen-Horowitz-to-Build-AI-for-Small-Businesses-to-Run-Themselves↩↩↩↩↩

  2. Andreessen Horowitz, “Investing in Lassie,” June 3, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://a16z.com/announcement/investing-in-lassie/↩↩↩↩↩↩

  3. TechFundingNews, “Ex-Robinhood and Superhuman alums raise $35M in a16z-led round to let AI run small businesses end-to-end,” June 3, 2026. Accessed June 2026. https://techfundingnews.com/ex-robinhood-and-superhuman-alums-raise-35m-in-a16z-led-round-to-let-ai-run-small-businesses-end-to-end/↩↩