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All the Legal Cap Table Fundraising Governance Tools You’ll Need
Everything you need to start, incorporate and grow your startup
Easily file online for a new Delaware C-Corporation and EIN today.
Incorporation
Incorporate a Startup
Easily file online for a new Delaware C-Corporation and EIN today and you’ll be up and running in as few as three days.
Post-Incorporation Setup
Set modern startup bylaws, appoint board members, and limit founder liability with a quick company formation process, developed by experts and entrepreneurs.
Foreign Qualification
Register your new Delaware C-Corporation through the platform to do business in your home state (additional fees apply).
Not sure if a Delaware C-Corporation is right for your startup?
Ready to File Now?
Issue stock & manage company ownership
Stock Issuance
Issue stock to your team electronically, with customizable vesting schedules and IRS form 83(b) elections built-in.
Cap Table
Keep track of who owns what at a glance using built-in, robust cap table software that automatically tracks your equity grants.
Board Actions
Approve stock grants with built-in board actions. Board approvals and modifications are made simple with easy online signatures instead of phone calls and print-scan-print-scan cycles.
Open a business bank account
No Maintenance Fees or Minimums
Protect your personal liability by opening a bank account specifically for your company. We’ve partnered with Brex, a leading financial services platform for startups, to make it easy to open an account online with no maintenance fees.
Apply for an Account Online in 10 Minutes
Get an account number, routing number, and virtual cards instantly upon approval—no branch visit required. With fully digital banking features and a mobile app, you’ll have access to hassle-free banking anytime, anywhere.
Rewards On All Card Spend
No fees on anything, just points on everything—like 8x on rideshare or 1.5x on ads.
Already have a bank you like? No problem! Gust Launch companies can easily open an account anywhere they choose.
Stay up-to-date with your company’s operations
Company Dashboard
Stay on top of every process and keep things moving with the status of all your workflows and relationships collected in one place.
Email Reminders
Take action from your inbox with notifications for required actions, deadlines, and important dates.
Auditable History
Automatically organize every contract executed through Launch in its proper context to tell the story of your company securely and reliably.
Establish relationships and protect intellectual property
Contractor and Advisor Agreements
Quickly create and execute agreements that define relationships, protect confidential information, and optionally grant equity.
IP Assignment
Make sure your company has the rights to all of its intellectual property with a Founder IP Agreement for each member of the founding team, including the CEO.
Non-Disclosure Agreements
Defend your company’s confidential information with one-way and two-way NDAs that both parties can execute online.
Find the right startup counsel
Vetted Startup Attorneys
Finding a trusted law partner to handle your companies most sensitive needs can be daunting. We've partnered with the best startup law firms across the country to help you find the right match for your business.
Waived General Retainers
Startup lawyers typically charge $2,500 before they work for a new client, as part of Gust Launch, they know you are serious and will only setup a work specific retainer once you've established what type of legal needs they can help you with.
Save on Legal Work
Get an hour of discounted legal work each month. Our legal partners have agreed to deduct one hour every month from your total work together, saving you hundreds.
Raise money from pre-seed investors
SAFE Rounds
Create and execute a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) with built-in best practices and compliance checks, board approvals, and easy online signatures.
Convertible Notes
Easily set terms and issue Convertible Notes electronically with rounds automatically recorded in your cap table.
Unified Debt Fundraising
Gust Launch SAFEs and Convertible Notes are designed to seamlessly roll up into your next round to ease due diligence and make dilution effects clear from the beginning.
Issue Stock Options and stay compliant
Equity Incentive Plan Creation
Seamlessly adopt a board approved Equity Incentive Plan (EIP) with built-in compliance checks. We’ll walk you through the process of establishing terms and allocating shares.
Option Grant
Track, manage, and issue employee stock options all in one place. Grant options and set vesting schedules in minutes with easy online signatures and board approvals.
Audit Support
With records and e-signatures all in one place along with thorough 409A reports, audits are always stress-free.
Getting ready to raise professional investment or hire employees?
Make sure you have an Equity Incentive Plan in place.
Run investment and exit scenarios
Round Modeling
See the impact a future financing round may have on shareholder ownership with comprehensive round modeling built on your cap table data.
Waterfall Analysis
Evaluate the potential impact different exit scenarios will have on shareholder payout and clearly understand what might happen at a range of exit prices.
Save money on early infrastructure
Special Offers
Wefunder: 6.5% of funds successfully raised with Wefunder. Raise a Regulation CF round with lower fees.
Flatirons: Priority application for those that apply through Gust Launch providing product development and design resources to early-stage companies.
Clarus: Maximize your R&D Tax Credit. Your company may be eligible to receive up to $250,000 in payroll tax credits per year.
KMK Ventures: 10% discount off tax preparation, bookkeeping, & accounting services.
AWS: $5,000 in AWS Activate credits depending on Activate eligibility.
HubSpot: 75% off marketing software for the first 12 months.
Webflow: 50% off team plan for the first 12 months.
Cleer Tax & Bookkeeping: $150 discount on corporate tax filing.
Segment: $50,000 in credits for analytics.
Typeform: 30% off Professional and Premium plans.
WeWork: 20% off for 6 months with no commitment.
Forcastr: 25% OFF Annual Subscription with white-glove onboarding included.