Steno Raises $49M Series C to Modernize Court Reporting and Litigation Support

Litigation moves fast until it doesn’t. One moment you are lining up depositions, the next you are buried in transcripts, chasing timelines that refuse to cooperate. The system has always tolerated that drag. Steno decided tolerance was overrated and built for velocity instead.

Steno just secured $49M in Series C funding, led by Savano Capital Partners, with continued backing from First Round Capital and The Legal Tech Fund. That brings the company to $150M in total funding, and more importantly, puts real fuel behind a vision that treats litigation support like a product, not a patchwork of vendors. Greg Hong, Co-Founder and CEO, is building something that feels less like a service and more like infrastructure.

This is not just about court reporting. It is about control in a process that usually feels like herding smoke. Thousands of law firms are already using Steno every month, leaning into tools like Steno Connect for remote depositions and Transcript Genius for intelligent transcript analysis. Names that sound simple, but underneath, they are compressing hours into minutes and turning static text into something that actually talks back.

And then there is DelayPay. Because nothing says innovation in legal tech like acknowledging that cash flow matters just as much as case flow. Steno is not only organizing the work, it is rethinking how it gets paid for. That alone tells you this team understands the business of law, not just the theater of it.

The play here is subtle but sharp. Take a fragmented, high-stakes workflow. Layer in intelligent transcript analysis where it actually earns its keep. Wrap it with services that law firms already depend on. Then scale it across a national footprint while tightening your grip on the AmLaw 200. It is not loud. It is effective.

Funding like this does not just show up. It follows traction, timing, and a team that knows where the inefficiencies live because they have felt them firsthand. Steno is not guessing. It is translating pain into product, and product into momentum.