Investors / United States / ESQvest
ESQvest
Venture capital · New York, NY, United States · North America
ESQvest is a boutique venture capital firm that invests in early-stage legal technology companies. It was formed in 2014, has a portfolio of nearly 10 companies, and receives its capital from its founders, who are partners at the law firm Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP.
Invests inFintechLegal & Compliance
In its own wordslegaltechlegal technologyailitigation financesec disclosurefintech
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Or find every investor that fitsESQvest lists 7 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Fintech (55%), Legal & Compliance (27%) and AI & Machine Learning (9%). 100% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Althea Group, Callais Capital and Conconi Growth Partners.
No funding round on record names ESQvest yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 12th | 7 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 87th | 55% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 19th | 1 country |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers7100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 55% | 12% |
| Legal & Compliance | 27% | 2% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 9% | 18% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 9% | 3% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare ESQvest head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
7 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alt Legal provides trademark docketing software and IP docketing software | Legal & ComplianceAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Bootstrap Legal connects fund managers and real estate sponsors with its legal partners to support SEC compliant capital raises. | Legal & ComplianceReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| DealMaker provides a platform for companies to raise capital online from everyday investors | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| FinMkt provides embedded lending and payments technology to enterprises and financial institutions. | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Horizon Globex provides blockchain technology and software services for securities trading and exchange, including tokenization, KYC compliance, and AML screening. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| LexShares provides funding for commercial litigation cases | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| SO Capital offers substantial financing solutions to the upcoming generation of steward-owned businesses. | Fintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 8 Nov 2026- Site
- esqvest.com
- Last read
- 8 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 7
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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