What does this mean?
Your company is growing, you are finding product-market fit, and you are looking for your first round of funding.
At this stage, things are moving fast and you are starting to look at raising money more professionally and onboarding more customers. The key is to identify and mitigate the big risks.
What should I do on the legal side?
Check out our flat-fee options for start-ups. These packages are designed to provide you with market-standard documentation for your legal needs.
Because of their standardized nature, the packages are not only cheaper than equivalent hourly work, but the documents have been tested with many clients to ensure their quality.
Corporate
- If you’re not an AG/SA yet, make a Conversion from GmbH/Sàrl to AG/SA.
- Get funding via CLA & SAFE and/or Financing round (Switzerland). Avoid excessive dilution early on.
- Handle your Corporate housekeeping tasks with our free generator.
Regulatory
- Understand when you need to have a DPA in place with your customers and/or providers.
- Implement additional policies related to data privacy. This includes a Data breaches policy and a policy related to Employees & privacy.
IP
- Develop your IP strategy more holistically; understand Trademark & branding, Copyright & licensing, Patents, Data & know-how, and Open source software.
- If your services include licensing IP, data, or else to your customers, create your license agreement template.
Contracts
- Create your main contractual template for your services. This could be different Types of contracts such as a Servcies Agreement or some Terms & Conditions.
HR
- Hire more employees and use our free Employment Agreement generator.
- Implement an ESOP/PSOP to incentivize your employees.