MyCase
“Can a legal practice management platform become the complete financial OS for law firms by embedding payments, client financing, business credit cards, and lending?”
Founded2010
HQAustin, Texas, United States (with San Diego office)
Total raised$193M (2020 buyout price)
Latest roundBuyout/LBO by Apax Partners (2020)
Valuation$193M (2020 acquisition)
IndustryVertical SaaS / Legal
The story
MyCase started in 2010 as pure legal practice management software and was owned successively by AppFolio (2012), Apax Partners (2020), and AffiniPay/LawPay (2022). The 2022 AffiniPay acquisition was the strategic pivot: MyCase became the case-management surface for a payments company, deeply integrating LawPay for card/eCheck acceptance, Affirm for client fee financing, and eventually 8am Capital lending and an 8am Visa Business Card. The 2025 rebrand to '8am' repositioned the combined entity as a legal-professional financial OS rather than a point solution.
Product timeline
2010
MyCase founded in San Diego as cloud-based legal practice management software· founding
2012
Acquired by AppFolio to enter the legal vertical SaaS market· acquisition
2020
AppFolio sold MyCase to funds advised by Apax Partners for ~$193M· acquisition
2022
AffiniPay (parent of LawPay) acquired MyCase, combining legal practice management with payments· acquisition
2024
Launched Pay Later (formerly ClientCredit) — legal fee financing powered by Affirm via LawPay· lending
2025
AffiniPay rebranded to 8am; MyCase became 8am MyCase; launched 8am Visa Business Card and 8am Capital· pivot
2026
Expanded 8am IQ AI suite (Case Assistant, Discovery/OCR, Writing, Document Assistant) inside MyCase· ai
The stack
6 layers disclosed in MyCase’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
Money movement
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Card network
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Lending
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Sponsor bank
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Accounting
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Accounting gap: minor
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