Founder Advisory

Our mission is to bridge a critical gap—sophisticated, institution-grade knowledge to company founders, when they need it most.

We are uniquely experienced to guide entrepreneurs through early stage issues, helping them to scale their companies, accelerate their businesses, and make their marks on their industries. We advise clients on what we know to be the most critical issues on a startup’s roadmap—obtaining capital, attracting and retaining talent, and monetizing innovations.

Guiding your growth, every step of the way

Formation

Have an exciting business idea? Thinking about quitting your job to pursue it? We've been there, and we've leveraged our experience to help dozens of founders like you launch their businesses from the very start. At this stage, we help founders make optimal, tax-efficient choices around how structure their business entities and ownership. We ensure founders are well-placed to approach investors and successfully raise capital, so founders can focus on what matters most: building a great business.

Corporate Governance & Strategy | Seed, Venture, and Growth Financings

Angel/Pre-Seed

After establishing a business, we help founders start building. We support founders raise an initial round of pre-seed capital, for example through selling simple agreements for future equity (SAFEs) or convertible notes to friends and family, angels, and early-stage VCs. We also strategize with founders on equity incentives for their first employees and help negotiate early customer, vendor, or other strategic contracts.

Corporate Governance & Strategy | Seed, Venture, and Growth Financings | Merchant Banking

Venture-Backed

We help founders navigate the transition to having venture investors with more significant stakes in the business and more say in how the company runs. We provide independent, unconflicted advice on the tradeoffs more outside capital can bring: between scale and control. Our deep experience on the loan side—from inventory lines of credit to hybrid instruments like venture debt—gives founders more strategic options to accelerate growth while managing equity dilution and governance-sharing.

Corporate Governance & Strategy | Seed, Venture, and Growth Financings | Strategic Transactions & Licensing

Commitment, Not Just Credentials

The most effective advisors aren't just qualified—they're deeply embedded in the environments their clients operate in. We've been there ourselves: we combine a unique track record of launching and scaling startups with decades of experience at elite investment banks, law firms, investment funds, and other institutions. It gives us unparalleled capabilities to help founders navigate their relationships with investors.

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"I love working with forward thinkers and dreamers, envisioning how their ideas will change the world. It's exciting, and it's a personal connection in a way that many institutional relationships are not."