Fundraising Diligence & Exit Prep

We will proactively clean up all corporate records, manage due diligence for Seed or Series A/B rounds, and structure the company for optimal valuation.

Client support includes:

1. Capital architecture & legal readiness

• Structuring legally robust fundraising strategies aligned with institutional investor expectations

• Designing capital architecture that anticipates future rounds, dilution, and control dynamics

• Preparing the company’s legal structure to withstand deep institutional diligence

2. Investor documentation & negotiation strategy

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating term sheets, side letters and investment documentation

• Structuring shareholder agreements and articles to embed long-term founder and company protections

• Managing information rights, control provisions, and protective investor mechanics

3. Diligence orchestration & risk management

• Leading legal diligence preparation to eliminate structural weaknesses before investor review

• Stress-testing cap tables, IP ownership and employment structures to remove deal-blocking risks

• Acting as strategic legal counterpart during investor legal and commercial diligence

4. Regulatory & compliance structuring

• Advising on financial promotions, marketing restrictions and regulatory exposure during capital formation

• Managing cross-border legal complexity for international investors and offshore structures

• Ensuring compliance architecture aligns with institutional LP and fund-grade expectations

5. Founder protection & control systems

• Designing founder-protective frameworks around vesting, reverse vesting and leaver provisions

• Structuring control mechanics to prevent silent dilution of strategic authority

• Embedding exit optionality and downside protection into governance and capital structure

6. Execution management & round mechanics

• Managing closing mechanics, conditions precedent and post-completion obligations

• Coordinating stakeholders across legal, finance, tax and investor workstreams

• Ensuring clean, defensible execution from first term sheet to final funds landed

Benefits for Clients:

• Institutional-grade fundraising infrastructure from seed through growth

• Stronger negotiating leverage with sophisticated venture funds and private capital

• Reduced risk of hidden structural weaknesses that jeopardise fundraising now or later

• Founder-aligned legal architecture that protects control while enabling scale

This service is designed for founders who want their fundraising architecture to be treated as institutional infrastructure, not rushed transactional paperwork — enabling capital to be raised cleanly, quickly, and from a position of strength.