"We just started the company. We know we need a lawyer. We have no idea what we're supposed to be doing."
That is what the plan is for. We put you on the standard setup for your stage, run it on a calendar, and explain each piece as it comes up.
Fractional general counsel · pre-seed through Series B
Part-time General Counsel for the Full-time Founder.
The general counsel function for a flat monthly fee, hours included, nothing billed you didn't approve. Big-firm trained, priced so you will actually call.
$1B+in venture financings worked on
100+companies served as general counsel
$0billed over plan without your written OK, ever
Sound familiar?
Most founders find us one of two ways.
"We used a bigger firm for one simple thing. Then the bill arrived."
Hired guns who bill by the hour. Deal lawyers should be hired for the deal. We're hired for the company.
Composites of conversations with founders, not client testimonials.
How we work
More inside than outside.
Outside counsel answers the question you asked. In-house counsel owns the ones you didn't. We're the second kind, before you can hire one. The full argument.
We sit inside
A legal@ address at your company. Advice often shows up before the question does.
We build the process
Stage checklists, an obligations and compliance calendar, your playbook, a diligence-ready data room.
We tell you the truth
Risk assessment adjusted to your stage. When the hours included in your plan run short, we stop and ask before continuing to bill.
We help you hire your full-time GC
When it's time, we help you recruit one, set them up on our tools, and step back into an advisory role.
Where we join
Three plans, sized to stage.
Pre-seed to seedFoundationA lawyer on call, the basics kept clean, our systems in place, plus 4 hours of lawyer time a month.$2,199 / mo
Seed to Series AGrowthCustomer, vendor and people paper every week. 10 hours a month.$5,499 / mo
Series A to Series BScaled GCA dedicated general counsel function with regular in-person time, for teams that need more. 20 hours a month.$10,999 / mo
Every plan includes time in person, not just email. Not incorporated yet? Formation is $1,999 all in, Delaware fees included. Bigger events are quoted flat and never touch your plan hours. See what each plan includes.
Why the axolotl?
It regenerates, never stops adapting, and is very hard not to like. That felt about right.
Tech-enabled firm. Real people.
Coffee's on us.
In San Francisco? We'll buy you a coffee in Dogpatch and talk through where you are. No intake form, no pitch.
Pick an open slot, add your name and company, and the invite comes with the café. Thirty minutes, no intake form, no pitch. Coffee doesn't make us your lawyers, so bring questions, not confidential documents.
Tell us where you are. We will tell you what you need.
Not in SF? Email works too.
