Guides
Legal Guides by Stage
The agreements you need depend on where you are. Each guide maps the legal documents to your startup stage — so you build the right stack at the right time.
Pre-Seed
What every pre-seed startup needs legally
You’ve incorporated and you’re building. Before you bring on a co-founder, hire your first developer, or talk to an investor, lock down the basics: protect your IP, define the founder relationship, and make sure your first hire is compliant from day one.
Key Priorities
IP ownership, founder alignment, first-hire compliance
Seed
Your seed round legal checklist
You’re raising your first round and scaling from 1 to 10. Investors will expect a shareholders agreement, your hires need compliant employment contracts, and your product needs privacy and terms coverage before launch.
Key Priorities
Investment structure, team scaling, product compliance
Series A
Series A legal readiness
Institutional investors expect clean legal infrastructure. That means investor-grade governance documents, an ESOP, executive-level employment agreements, and commercial contracts that can handle enterprise clients.
Key Priorities
Governance, equity incentives, enterprise readiness
Growth
Scaling your legal infrastructure
You’re past product-market fit and scaling operations. Legal complexity multiplies with enterprise deals, data processing obligations, strategic partnerships, and content production. Build the contracts that let you move fast without breaking things.
Key Priorities
Data compliance, enterprise contracts, partnerships
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