Clerky Startup Deals & Discounts

Clerky participates in a startup program that gives qualifying early-stage companies a credit toward their legal paperwork costs. The benefit is structured as a discount on Clerky's services, so newly forming startups can offset part of the expense of incorporating in Delaware, completing post-incorporation setup, and generating the founder, fundraising, and hiring documents they need in their first months.

This is an application-based offer rather than an automatic perk. Eligibility is generally aimed at recently founded startups that have not previously used Clerky and that fit the profile of the high-growth, venture-track companies the platform is built for. The headline value is a fixed savings amount applied to qualifying purchases, with a larger benefit available to startups that meet additional program criteria.

Because the savings reduce the upfront cost of getting incorporation and core legal documents done properly from day one, the deal is most useful to founders who are about to form a company or have just done so. Founders should review the current terms when applying, since the specific amount and qualification requirements can change over time.

Clerky fits the legal lifecycle of a venture-track startup. The clearest moment is formation: a technical founder or small founding team that wants to incorporate a Delaware C corporation correctly, issue founder stock with vesting, file 83(b) elections on time, and assign IP to the company - all without paying law-firm hourly rates for routine work.

It is also well suited to fundraising. Founders running a SAFE or convertible-note round use Clerky to generate compliant investor documents, track signatures and wired funds with financing checklists, and hold signatures in escrow until money actually arrives, reducing the risk of a half-closed round.

As the company hires, the platform handles offer letters, consulting and advisor agreements, confidential information and invention assignment agreements, and equity grants, keeping employment and equity paperwork consistent and current with regulatory changes.

For ongoing maintenance, Clerky covers NDAs, charter amendments such as name changes and authorized share increases, and board consents for adding or removing directors and officers. Throughout, founders who already work with a startup attorney can loop their lawyer in as a reviewer or observer, making Clerky a shared system of record for company paperwork rather than a replacement for legal advice.

Clerky offers two main pricing structures (one-time fees, billed in USD):

• Pay Per Use - $427 one-time for Delaware incorporation, then charges for each additional document or service. Examples include post-incorporation setup ($299), stock plan adoption ($199), foreign qualification ($125 + third-party fees), SAFEs ($9 each), convertible notes ($19 each), advisor agreements ($9), employee/consultant paperwork ($19), stock option or restricted stock issuances ($29), and board consents ($9). Subscription add-ons are available for high-volume fundraising and hiring (for example, $99 for six months of unlimited SAFE/note issuances, or $19-$99 per month for hiring documents).
• Company Lifetime Package - $819 one-time, including Delaware incorporation with expedited filing (a $203 value) and first-year registered agent service (a $125 value), plus unlimited lifetime access to standard formation, fundraising, hiring, commercial, and maintenance products. Third-party fees and certain add-ons are excluded.

Note: government and third-party filing fees (such as Delaware franchise tax or registered agent renewals) are separate from Clerky's service fees. Pricing can change, so confirm current rates on Clerky's site.