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Contract Review for Startups

Startup contracts.
Reviewed before they come back to haunt you.

IP not assigned to the company. Employment contracts that don't meet statutory minimums. Customer MSAs with uncapped liability. Early contract mistakes follow startups through investment rounds and exits. Kontractually reviews them before you sign.

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Startup contracts

6 contracts every startup needs reviewed.

1
SaaS customer MSAs
The MSA customers send you - or the one you send customers - defines your liability exposure, IP in customisations, data handling obligations, and termination rights. Getting this right early scales with your customer count.
2
Employment agreements
Employment law compliance from day one - Fair Work Act (AU), Employment Rights Act (UK), or applicable FLSA rules (US). Pay rates, notice periods, IP assignment, and restraint clauses. A non-compliant first employment contract can follow you through investment rounds and exits.
3
Vendor and SaaS contracts
Every tool you sign up for is a contract. Cloud providers, payment processors, analytics tools, CRM systems. Data processing obligations, auto-renewals, unilateral price variation, and service level commitments buried in the fine print.
4
Founder and co-founder agreements
Equity vesting, IP assignment to the company, exit provisions, decision-making rights, and what happens when a co-founder leaves. Most startups have none of these documented until a problem surfaces.
5
Investor term sheets and SAFEs
Dilution, control provisions, drag-along rights, liquidation preference, and anti-dilution protections. These documents determine what founders actually own and control at exit. Understanding what you're agreeing to before you sign is non-negotiable.
6
Customer NDAs
Enterprise customers send NDAs before they'll discuss a contract. One-sided mutual NDAs. Broad IP restrictions. Non-solicitation of their employees. Most startup founders sign without reading. Kontractually reads for you.
FAQ

Startup contract questions.

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For some contracts, yes. For most routine contracts, Kontractually handles the systematic review. The pattern for most startups: use Kontractually to review standard agreements (NDAs, customer MSAs, vendor contracts, employment agreements) and reserve lawyer time for fundraising documents, novel IP arrangements, and complex commercial negotiations. This typically reduces legal spend by 60-80% while maintaining appropriate review on every contract.

Based on our startup users: (1) IP not assigned to the company in founder or co-founder agreements, (2) employment contracts missing statutory minimum entitlements, (3) customer MSAs with uncapped liability or data breach obligations, (4) SaaS vendor contracts with broad data processing rights and no DPA, (5) co-founder agreements non-existent or based on informal emails. Kontractually catches all of these with a configured startup playbook.

Yes. Kontractually is priced for SMBs and startups - flat monthly subscription, no per-review charges. The first 3 reviews are free with no credit card required, so you can test it on real contracts before committing. Many pre-revenue startups use Kontractually to review early customer contracts, co-founder agreements, and the SaaS tools they sign up for before they can afford a legal team.

Yes - you can upload a term sheet or SAFE as a PDF and review it against a configured playbook. Investor documents have specific provisions worth checking: liquidation preference (participating vs non-participating), anti-dilution (broad-based weighted average vs full ratchet), pro-rata rights, board composition, drag-along and tag-along rights, and information rights. We recommend discussing flagged issues with a startup-focused lawyer before signing any investment documents.

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