Clerky

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Makes legal paperwork easy for startups and their attorneys.

Summer 2011Founded 201115 peoplePalo Alto, CA, USA; Burlingame, CA, USA; Remote

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About

Clerky builds software to make legal paperwork easier for startups and their attorneys. From formation to fundraising to hiring - everything a startup needs. Thousands of top startups use Clerky to get legal paperwork done safely and efficiently.

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Clerky is an online legal service focused on startup founders and their attorneys, helping them complete formation, fundraising, hiring, and ongoing maintenance paperwork safely and efficiently. It emphasizes accuracy, customization, and collaboration with attorneys, aiming to reduce risk and speed up compliance for startups.

Clerky provides an end-to-end online platform for startup legal paperwork. Key products include: Formation (Delaware incorporation with name checks, expert rejection analysis, and post-formation maintenance), Fundraising (board consents, SAFEs, convertible notes, and related terms), Hiring (offer letters, employment agreements, IP assignments, and equity issuance), Commercial (NDAs and related agreements), and Maintenance (changing officers/directors, increasing authorized shares, and other corporate housekeeping). The platform supports pre-filled forms, guided filing instructions, automated reminders, and 100% in-house handling. It emphasizes customization of terms and underlying language, attorney collaboration, and the ability to invite co-founders to stay aligned.

Who it’s for: Startup founders and their attorneys seeking reliable, high-quality, online legal paperwork for formation, fundraising, hiring, and ongoing corporate maintenance.

Features

formation with Delaware incorporation
name availability checks and expert rejection analysis
post-formation maintenance (name changes, share increases)
issuance of stock and equity compensation setup
fundraising documents (SAFEs, convertible notes, board consents)
hiring paperwork (offer letters, agreements, IP assignments)
collaborative attorney review and customizable language

mentiones of 20,000+ startups formed; testimonials from notable law and startup figures; emphasis on elite, high-quality service and collaborations with attorneys; ongoing product expansion (maintenance, hiring, fundraising) and strong focus on readiness for financing

Founders · 2

Darby WongFounder/CEO

Harvard🎓 University of Washington

I'm a co-founder and the CEO of Clerky. I was a startup attorney at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and have a law degree from Harvard Law School. Prior to law school, I majored in computer science at the University of Washington, where I worked on machine learning research.

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Chris FieldFounder

Stanford

UPenn🎓 Stanford University🎓 University of Pennsylvania

I'm a co-founder of Clerky. I was a startup attorney at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. Before becoming an attorney, I worked in various management and operations roles at TippingPoint Technologies and Micron Electronics. I studied electrical engineering and history at Stanford University and I studied law at the University of Pennsylvania.

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