Category: Legal Templates, Startup Resources, Investment Documents

StartupTools is a free library of standardised legal documents for entrepreneurs, investors, and lawyers. Its mission is to let founders focus on building their businesses instead of paying to reinvent legal paperwork that already exists in standard forms. The library includes investment documents (term sheets, subscription agreements, shareholders' agreements), founders' agreements, employment agreements, NDAs, and a guide to unit economics analysis. It also provides local versions of Y Combinator's SAFE documents and stock option templates for certain countries.

All resources are released under a Creative Commons license that permits free use for building and developing companies with commercial ambitions, requiring only attribution. Lawyers are explicitly allowed to charge clients for adapting the documents. The documents are maintained by a community of legal professionals across multiple jurisdictions. For founders who need a credible starting point for investment or founding agreements without immediately incurring legal costs, StartupTools offers a well-organized and legally credible alternative to starting from scratch.