David Eckstein

CFO @WeAreLegora. Formerly @TrustVanta, @MenloSecurity @OpenDNS and @BoxHQ. Married to my best friend, @ellenjdasilva.

[David Eckstein @davidneckstein]

May was a big month for @WeAreLegora .

Legal professionals are the ultimate proof of the product.

That's the only adoption curve that matters. When lawyers are logging 40+ hours a month and churning at under 1%, that's not a sales story. That's a product story.

[David Eckstein @davidneckstein]

@HarryStebbings @MaxJunestrand @KanishkaNarayan @HarryStebbings thrilled to have you as an investor and supporter!

[Harry Stebbings @HarryStebbings]

I have one simple rule when I invest in a company.

Post investment, I work for the founder and the company.

Whatever they need, I work for them.

When @MaxJunestrand called and said, come open the London office with @KanishkaNarayan. Done deal baby! 👇

[David Eckstein @davidneckstein]

@WeAreLegora https://t.co/KqFNVroWKv

[David Eckstein @davidneckstein]

Three acquisitions in two months.

Today, @WeAreLegora is announcing our third acquisition: Graceview, a regulatory horizon scanning platform covering 100+ jurisdictions in real time.
That's the kind of coverage that was simply impossible to build manually.

Full story below:

[David Eckstein @davidneckstein]

@TheEthanDing Good take. One clarification - your math is based on our pipeline-to-closed-won rate being 25%. It's way higher.

[David Eckstein @davidneckstein]

@WeAreLegora 🤝@TheJudge44

[New York Yankees @Yankees]

More like Air-on Judge, amirite?

[David Eckstein @davidneckstein]

I spend a lot of time thinking about what investor composition says about a company's trajectory.

@Atlassian and NVentures – @nvidia 's VC arm – joins @WeAreLegora Series D extension alongside a group of new investors, bringing the total round to $600M.

[David Eckstein @davidneckstein]

Love working on solving real problems for customers who are just as passionate about our mission. Proud to watch @christinacaci and @TrustVanta team cross $300M ARR. Now, it’s a privilege to work alongside @MaxJunestrand and the whole
@WeAreLegora team. LFGora! 🚀🚀

[Zach DeWitt @ZacharyDeWitt]

Seeing a lot of love for Vanta and Legora on the timeline today. It’s no coincidence that @davidneckstein has been the CFO at both.

He’s a trusted partner to the CEO (and an elite company picker). Major shout out to one of the best in the game and a close friend!

[Paul Graham @paulg]

It's astounding how fast Vanta has been growing. And for the best reason too: they made a really good product.

[David Eckstein @davidneckstein]

@paulg Thanks for coming by @paulg. The talent density and execution pace are off the charts. Glad you could see it up close.

[Vanta @TrustVanta]

$300M ARR. Just 9 months after hitting $200M, and growing faster every quarter.🚀

We founded Vanta to help businesses earn and prove trust. Businesses face more pressure than ever because trust leads to growth in the age of AI.

70% of companies now have Shadow AI operating in their environments, and AI tools are 52% more likely to carry a high risk designation than traditional SaaS. The compliance programs designed for annual audits weren't built for this, and neither was the old way of doing GRC.

So we rebuilt it. The Vanta Agent runs as a 24/7 GRC engineer, eliminating the manual work that used to slow security teams down and orchestrating compliance, vendor risk, audits, and more, continuously. The Trust Graph maps your entire security posture in real time, so nothing slips through the cracks between reviews.

16,000 companies now run their security programs on Vanta, including 60% of the Forbes AI 50 and enterprises like Cursor, Samsara, Atlassian, and Snowflake—because the era of proving trust once a year and hoping nothing changes in between is over.

To every customer who helped shape what Vanta is today: thank you. 💜

Read more from our CEO Christina: https://t.co/xQV2HYgTGX

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Just went to visit Legora. Most impressive startup I've been to visit in years. They're going to surpass Harvey in 2027. After that their only potential rivals will be the model companies. And if ever there was a territory you could defend against the model companies, law is it.

[Legora @WeAreLegora]

Precise language. Clean structure. Every word. Exactly where it should be. We're talking about legal drafting, obviously. Though it does remind us of someone.
https://t.co/FUFl1Grxto

[David Eckstein @davidneckstein]

We just acquired Qura.

Legal research is going to be a foundational layer of the legal AI stack. @WeAreLegora wants to build the world's best version of it. And Qura is the team to do that with.

Welcome, Qura team!

[Max Junestrand @MaxJunestrand]

@WeAreLegora is expanding across North America – and we're hiring!

I'm in San Francisco with @davidneckstein to announce that we're opening offices here and in Toronto, our first foothold in Canada, and scaling New York into a central engineering hub. This builds on what we've already built in New York, Denver, Houston, and Chicago.

300+ people across the region by end of 2026.

If you want to build something that actually changes how lawyers work, we'd love to talk.

Full story: https://t.co/PZqdhMJdRD

Open roles: https://t.co/bzAZR4GwAL

[David Eckstein @davidneckstein]

Law just got more attractive.

@WeAreLegora went from 40 to 400 people in twelve months.

At this stage, brand is a commercial lever. We're going after a global legal market. So Jude Law isn't a vanity hire. It's a signal that Legora is playing in a different league.

[Legora @WeAreLegora]

Nobody gets here by accident. It’s a choice: daily, under pressure.

From Ludvig Åberg to Aaron Judge, the best make it look easy. It isn’t. We build AI for lawyers who demand the same.

Proud to welcome Aaron Judge & the New York Yankees to Legora.

https://t.co/EtJlcdjC2r

[David Eckstein @davidneckstein]

See links for full episode:
🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/s1veN8Ay4p
📷 Spotify: https://t.co/ciipw5Bi0P

[David Eckstein @davidneckstein]

Had a great conversation with @DWeisburd at the @NYSE discussing @WeAreLegora's path from $1M to $100M in less than 18 months.

We’re watching the early innings of building a generational company.

https://t.co/yDiJ6i5paB