STARTUPS LAW
Services offered for Startups
Official partner of the Brazilian Institute of Startups Law – IBDStartups, our office works with companies in various segments, offering services for all stages of Startups.
Sectors we serve
- Agtech
- Bitcoin & Blockchain
- Cloud & SaaS
- Cybersecurity
- Data Science
- E-commerce
- Edtech
- Foodtech
- Fintech
- Healthtech
- Insuretech
- Iot & Hardware
- Logistic
- Mobile & Tablet
- On-demand
- Real Estate Tech
- Social
- Travel Tech
Contact Us
We serve Startups in all Stages
Vision and Mission
Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
Product Market Fit (Product adjustment)
Scale
- Potentially scalable product / service idea for a target market
- Some initial models to generate revenue
- One person or just a vacant team; no commitments made and / or still without the correct balance of skills in the team structure
- Have a clear and meaningful objective with precise guidance, for at least 3 years, with milestones to get there -> 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 months
- Have a team of two or three main founding people with balanced ownership
- You may also have an extensive team with less commitment (eg. stock options and / or cash compensation).
- Founding team committed and with balanced skills
- Able to develop the product / service (Minimum Viable Product) without relying on external resources OR already has the initial product / service developed
- Signed shareholders agreement between the founders, with frameworks, committed time and money usage for at least two years, with vesting
- It is already possible to show some growth and / or revenue (initial traction)
- E / or continue to attract additional resources (cash or sweet equity) for future actions or revenues
- Looking for clear market validation (Product Market Fit) to be able to scale
- Showing clear, growing and measurable traction in a large or rapidly growing target market
- Can and wants to scale quickly
- And / or is able to attract significant funding
- Achieved great growth, which can remain strong
- No more “trying” to obtain resources and can easily obtain them
- Continues to grow and often wants to continue culturally behaving like a startup for as long as possible
- Founders leave or continue business as usual
Pre-Startup
Startup
Growth
- Reviewing Intellectual Property – will there be potential for trademarks, patents, design rights, database rights, copyright?
- Establish the potential structure – Limited partnership? Joint-stock society? Partnerships?
- Will funding be needed? If so, what type of financing would be most appropriate? Capture of what resources?
- Is it necessary to develop software – if so, by whom?
- Check registrations for naming rights of proposed trade names (eg: trademark registrations, domain)
- Adjustment of the structure (eg. decision to implement partnerships, appoint directors)
- Shareholders’ agreement to be discussed and signed
- Initiation options according
- Team’s agreement for initial funding and signing of contracts
- Any corporate formalities associated with the items above (eg. resolutions, registrations)
- Agreements with employees and / or consultants
- Implement decisions made in relation to Intellectual Property (eg. registration of trademarks, filing of patent applications)
- Negotiating and signing software development contract (eg. site or products)
- Appropriate insurance policies (eg. errors and omissions, employer’s responsibility)
- Privacy and data protection policy
- Negotiation and accepting of commercial agreements for:
- Other financing Series A agreements
- Implementation of Stock Option contracts
- Agreement on and appointment of non-executives / advisory board
- Negotiation and dispute resolution (internal or external)
- Many of the legal aspects of the validation, but with greater consequences
- Negotiation and acceptance of commercial agreements for: Manufacturing, Distribution, Representatives, License and Joint Venture
- Compliance with regulatory issues (eg. data protection, consumer legislation, industry regulation)
- Other Series B funding
- Negotiation and dispute resolution (internal or external)
- International development – through franchising, licensing or establishment of local entities – repeat stages 1 to 3 for local operations abroad
- Acquisition of other entities as the company grows
- Intellectual Property renovations
- Establish new products / services / sectors that require repetition of steps 1 to 4 above
- Exit agreement for founders through sale of shares or assets
- Due diligence
- Guarantees
We serve Startups in all Stages
Pre-Startup
Vision and Mission
- Potentially scalable product / service idea for a target market
- Some initial models to generate revenue
- One person or just a vacant team; no commitments made and / or still without the correct balance of skills in the team structure
- Reviewing Intellectual Property – will there be potential for trademarks, patents, design rights, database rights, copyright?
- Establish the potential structure – Limited partnership? Joint-stock society? Partnerships?
- Will funding be needed? If so, what type of financing would be most appropriate? Capture of what resources?
- Is it necessary to develop software – if so, by whom?
Pre-Startup
Vision and Mission
- Have a clear and meaningful objective with precise guidance, for at least 3 years, with milestones to get there -> 3, 6, 12, 24, 36 months
- Have a team of two or three main founding people with balanced ownership
- You may also have an extensive team with less commitment (eg. stock options and / or cash compensation).
- Check registrations for naming rights of proposed trade names (eg: trademark registrations, domain)
- Adjustment of the structure (eg. decision to implement partnerships, appoint directors)
Startup
Minimum Viable Product (MVP)
- Founding team committed and with balanced skills
- Able to develop the product / service (Minimum Viable Product) without relying on external resources OR already has the initial product / service developed
- Signed shareholders agreement between the founders, with frameworks, committed time and money usage for at least two years, with vesting
- Shareholders’ agreement to be discussed and signed
- Initiation options according
- Team’s agreement for initial funding and signing of contracts
- Any corporate formalities associated with the items above (eg. resolutions, registrations)
- Agreements with employees and / or consultants
- Implement decisions made in relation to Intellectual Property (eg. registration of trademarks, filing of patent applications)
- Negotiating and signing software development contract (eg. site or products)
- Appropriate insurance policies (eg. errors and omissions, employer’s responsibility)
- Privacy and data protection policy
Startup
Product Market Fit (Product adjustment)
- It is already possible to show some growth and / or revenue (initial traction)
- E / or continue to attract additional resources (cash or sweet equity) for future actions or revenues
- Looking for clear market validation (Product Market Fit) to be able to scale
- Negotiation and accepting of commercial agreements for:
- Other financing Series A agreements
- Implementation of Stock Option contracts
- Agreement on and appointment of non-executives / advisory board
- Negotiation and dispute resolution (internal or external)
Growth
Scale
- Showing clear, growing and measurable traction in a large or rapidly growing target market
- Can and wants to scale quickly
- And / or is able to attract significant funding
- Many of the legal aspects of the validation, but with greater consequences
- Negotiation and acceptance of commercial agreements for: Manufacturing, Distribution, Representatives, License and Joint Venture
- Compliance with regulatory issues (eg. data protection, consumer legislation, industry regulation)
- Other Series B funding
- Negotiation and dispute resolution (internal or external)
- International development – through franchising, licensing or establishment of local entities – repeat stages 1 to 3 for local operations abroad
Growth
Scale
- Achieved great growth, which can remain strong
- No more “trying” to obtain resources and can easily obtain them
- Continues to grow and often wants to continue culturally behaving like a startup for as long as possible
- Founders leave or continue business as usual
- Acquisition of other entities as the company grows
- Intellectual Property renovations
- Establish new products / services / sectors that require repetition of steps 1 to 4 above
- Exit agreement for founders through sale of shares or assets
- Due diligence
- Guarantees
