Chariot Claims, a New York-based startup that helps consumers pursue claims over privacy violations, hidden fees and hard-to-cancel subscriptions, has raised $10 million in Series A funding. Silverton Partners led the round, with Indicator Ventures, Lightbank, Neon Fund, ZVC, Rosecliff Ventures, Alumni Ventures, FJ Labs, Graph Ventures and Vermilion Ventures also participating. The financing brings Chariot's total funding to $15.7 million, following a $3.6 million seed investment in April 2025 and an earlier pre-seed round.
The company works with law firms to identify potential cases, locate affected consumers and collect the information needed to pursue compensation. For each case, consumers fill out an intake questionnaire that assesses preliminary eligibility in real time. Chariot staff then review the pre-qualified claims through a system combining technology and human oversight before passing them to the partner law firm handling the case.
CEO Zim Hang said Chariot typically receives more than 200,000 claim submissions per month and has taken on roughly 80 cases since adopting its current business model just over a year ago. The company has about 15 employees and is currently breaking even. It plans to spend the new funding mainly on hiring and product development, including AI tools to review cases and determine whether consumers qualify.
Chariot's cases include allegations that websites or apps tracked users' information without consent, that companies added fees during checkout, and that businesses made subscriptions easy to start but difficult to cancel. Its software scans public records such as federal court filings and uses AI to analyze allegations and prepare research, including legal memos based on publicly filed complaints, for its partner firms. Chariot charges those firms flat service fees; the firms work on a contingency basis, and Chariot does not file claims itself.
The startup reviews a few hundred potential cases monthly, tests advertising for about 30 and selects roughly 10 to pursue more extensively. Hang said Chariot is developing tools to track changes in laws and court decisions, and plans to let users connect email accounts so its software can find relevant documents instead of requiring forms. He estimated those improvements could let the company handle 10 to 100 times its current claim volume.
Chariot has drawn cease-and-desist letters from companies objecting to its advertising, including its use of company names and trademarks, Hang said. He said naming the businesses is necessary to reach people who used their products or services. Chariot reviews the letters with legal counsel and complies with demands it considers valid, he added.
The round arrives amid a surge in legal tech investment. Funding to the sector hit a record $4.6 billion last year, per Crunchbase data, and legal tech startups have pulled in more than $3 billion so far this year.
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