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FounderCatalyst Knowledge Base

Here is our step-by-step guide to onboarding on the platform as an investor....

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Adding a new share class can help you:...

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If you have an existing large captable or you've got lots of investors to invite to the platform as part of a funding round, then we can automate this process to avoid doing it manually line by line....

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We’ve introduced a Calendar Reminder feature to help you stay on top of critical filing deadlines and tasks — all from within the platform....

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It is possible to drop one or more of the following onboarding steps on a per-investor basis:...

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Yes — but not all family members are eligible to claim SEIS or EIS tax relief. During a "friends and family" funding round, certain relatives can invest and benefit from these schemes, while others cannot, based on HMRC rules....

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Founders considering external funding sources often worry about the impact of investment, particularly the potential loss of control over a business they have spent years building....

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All Documents on Founder Catalyst are produced in PDF format, however, we do understand that you may be required to provide copies in Word format; there are a couple of ways you can do this....

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We produce a set of ten document types that will be required by both you and any potential investors as follows:...

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Try us for free with no commitment

You can start a funding round in minutes with a free FounderCatalyst account, experiment with our service and see how easy it would be to save time, money, and emotional resources by using FounderCatalyst when raising your next funding round.

You can see a sample of the paperwork we'd generate, invite colleagues to act as investors, and truly experiment with how easy we make it. Then cancel the experiment round when you're ready to start a real one!