Pierce Founders Group is corporate counsel for founders — formation, fundraising, employment, exit. We’ve shipped products, raised rounds, and read your cap table for fun. We charge by the stage, not by the six-minute increment.
One stack, four stages. We’re built to carry a company from incorporation to liquidation event without changing firms three times along the way.
Incorporation done right. Founder agreements that don’t blow up in a year. Standard equity, standard vesting, standard terms — standardized.
SAFEs you can read. Convertibles that don’t blow your cap table. Priced rounds where you understand every term before you sign. We read for you.
Employment, contractor, vendor. The contracts a growing company actually needs, redlined to your standard. Templates we keep up to date, on call.
M&A, recap, wind-down. We’ve been on both sides — representing the founder, and across the table from one. Either way, the math has to make sense to the operator first.
Recent closings with structures and ranges. Founder identities redacted. We update this on Mondays.
| Closed | Stage | Sector | Round | Pre-Money | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAR 24 | SAFE | FINTECH / B2B | $1.4M | $8M cap | 14 |
| MAR 18 | SERIES A | DEV TOOLS | $12M | $45M | 34 |
| MAR 12 | SAFE | VERTICAL SAAS | $0.8M | $6M cap | 9 |
| MAR 06 | SEED | HEALTH · PROVIDER | $3.4M | $15M | 26 |
| FEB 28 | SERIES B | INFRASTRUCTURE | $28M | $140M | 42 |
| FEB 22 | SAFE | CONSUMER · AI | $2.1M | $14M cap | 12 |
| FEB 14 | BRIDGE | FINTECH / B2B | $5.5M | $30M cap | 19 |
| FEB 06 | SERIES A | VERTICAL SAAS | $8M | $32M | 28 |
| JAN 30 | SEED | CLIMATE / HARDWARE | $4M | $18M | 31 |
| JAN 22 | EXIT · ACQ | DEV TOOLS | n/a | $92M | — |
Substack-style explainers. What we’d tell you at the coffee shop, but typed out so it ranks on Google.
Why a two-page founder agreement done in week one prevents the dispute that ends companies in year three. The four clauses that matter, in plain English.
The five lines of a SAFE most founders skip. What “most favored nation” really does. Why “valuation cap” is not the same as “valuation.”
A short framework for when an early-stage company needs a real employee handbook — and when an MD note in Notion will do for now.
Founder-friendly pricing: subscriptions you cancel anytime, work scoped at the start of every month, no surprise invoices.
For early founders. One 45-minute call per month. Unlimited Slack. Two template documents per quarter.
For pre-seed through Series A. Three calls per month. Unlimited Slack. Document review and markup. Term-sheet negotiation included once per round.
For Series B and up. Unlimited calls. Dedicated team. M&A and exit support priced separately and disclosed in writing before any engagement.
// FOUNDER, OPERATOR, OR INVESTOR. WE READ EVERYTHING.