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Founders’ Agreement

A Founders’ Agreement is a contract that governs the relationship between. founders. The Agreement lays out the rights, responsibilities, liabilities, and obligations of each founder that are in effect for the lifetime of the company. View a founders’ agreement template here.
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Employee Offer Letter

An employee offer letter is a letter given by a company to a potential employee that outlines key terms of the prospective employee’s employment. The document should provide basic information on position/title, compensation, job status, policies, supervision, contingencies, and starting date. The offer letter is not legally binding. View an employee offer letter template here.”

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Employment Agreement

An employment agreement outlines the terms of a relationship between an employee and employer. It establishes the rights and responsibilities of both parties and is a legally binding contract. The document promises employment for a set amount of time and set wages. View an employment agreement template here.”

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Option Scheme

An employee option scheme refers to a type of equity compensation that a company grants employees at the end of a specified period. View an option scheme of unapproved options for advisors and a summary of incentive agreements here.”

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Advisor Agreement

An advisory agreement formalises a relationship between a founder and someone offering external advice. Founders can reward advisors in a variety of ways which is outlined in the document.
View an advisor agreement template here.
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Consultancy Agreement

A consultancy agreement is a contract between an independent contractor and a company, setting out the key rights and responsibilities of both parties. View a set of consultancy agreement templates here.”

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IP Agreement

An intellectual property agreement is a binding contract between employees and employers that outline the terms and conditions for how an organisation’s intellectual property is protected when employees create inventions as a function of their job. View an IP agreement template here.”

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Privacy Policy

A privacy policy describes your company’s data processing practices. The document states all the ways a company gathers, uses, discloses, and manages a customer’s data. View a privacy policy template here.”

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Capitalisation Table

A cap(italisation) table is a document that shows a breakdown of a company’s shareholders equity. The document includes all of a company’s equity ownership information such as common equity shares, preferred shares, warrants, and convertible equity. View a sample cap table in a Google Sheet here and in an Excel file here.

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Term Sheet

A term sheet is a non-binding agreement between a prospective investor and a company that details the basic terms and conditions of an investment. These include a company valuation, investment amount, percentage stake, and anti-dilutive provisions. Term sheets serve as a basis for a more detailed, legally binding document that follows once both parties have agreed to partner. View a term sheet template here.
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Advanced Subscription Agreement

An Advanced Subscription Agreement (ASA) is an agreement between an investor and a company that provides rights to the investor for future equity in the company. Typically, shares will be allocated to those investors at a discount to the share price in the next funding round, as a reward for taking on more risk and investing early. Compared to a CLN, an ASAs is purely an equity agreement and can be repaid in cash. That said, in most instances, this is merely a theoretical difference and both should be thought of as equity investments. Practically speaking, there is no difference. View an ASA template here.”

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Short Priced Round

Priced rounds are equity investments based on a negotiated valuation of a company. After an investor and a company have agreed on a valuation, the investor exchanges money for shares at a price per share determined by the set valuation. Priced round document coming soon...”