WEBSITE USER GUIDE: LEGAL INFRASTRUCTURE

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Legal Infrastructure & Founder Documentation Guide

This section of the platform provides founders with the core legal infrastructure required to build an investable company.

These documents are not optional. They form part of the standard due diligence expectations of institutional investors.

According to standard venture capital diligence frameworks, investors will request documentation across corporate governance, intellectual property ownership, contractual relationships, and capital structure before proceeding with investment.

This library is structured to mirror those expectations.

Purpose of This Section

The purpose of this section is to ensure that:

• all intellectual property created for the company is legally owned by the company
• all individuals contributing to the company are contractually bound
• all confidential information is properly protected
• all capital instruments are structured using recognised venture standards

Companies that fail to implement these documents early introduce legal ambiguity that typically surfaces during diligence and delays or blocks investment.

How to Use This Library

The documents in this section are organised in the order in which they should be implemented.

Founders should complete each layer sequentially.

Foundation Layer

This is the most critical layer.

Before any fundraising, product development, or hiring activity progresses, the company must ensure that all intellectual property is assigned to the legal entity.

This includes:

• Founder IP Assignment
• Contractor Agreements with IP assignment
• Employee IP Assignment (where applicable)

If this layer is incomplete, investors will treat the company as structurally uninvestable until resolved.

Relationship Layer

Once IP ownership is secured, all individuals contributing to the company must be governed by formal agreements.

This includes:

• Advisor Agreements with defined equity and vesting
• Contractor Agreements
• Offer Letters (where applicable)

These agreements define obligations, compensation, and ownership expectations.

Unstructured relationships create legal exposure and misalignment that surfaces during diligence.

Confidentiality Layer

As the company begins engaging external parties, confidentiality must be formally controlled.

This includes:

• Mutual NDAs
• One-way NDAs (company to external parties)
• One-way NDAs (external parties to company)

These documents protect sensitive information including product, financials, and strategic plans.

Capital Layer

Once the company is structurally prepared, capital instruments can be implemented.

This includes:

• SAFE agreements
• KISS agreements (equity and debt variants)
• Convertible Notes
• Stack Note structures

These instruments define how capital converts into equity and under what terms.

Using non-standard or inconsistent capital structures introduces friction with investors and legal counsel.

Implementation Approach

Each document in this library follows a standard structure:

• clearly defined parties
• defined scope and obligations
• jurisdiction-neutral drafting where possible
• fields for company-specific inputs

Founders are expected to complete all required fields before use.

Where jurisdiction-specific requirements apply, founders should consult legal counsel.

Relationship to Investor Due Diligence

During investor diligence, these documents are requested as part of standard review.

Typical requests include:

• intellectual property assignment agreements
• contractor and employee agreements
• confidentiality agreements
• capital instruments and shareholder documentation

Failure to provide these documents results in delays, re-negotiation, or withdrawal from investment processes.

This library is designed to pre-empt those issues.

Next Steps

Founders should begin with the Foundation Layer and complete each section in sequence.

All completed documents should be stored in the company data room for investor access.

Completion of this section materially improves investor readiness and reduces diligence friction.