Clerky
Online legal platform for startup formation, fundraising, and hiring paperwork; joining Stripe as of August 2026.
Online legal platform for startup formation, fundraising, and hiring paperwork; joining Stripe as of August 2026.
Clerky's platform centers on Delaware C corporation formation for startups — incorporation, registered agent, name check, bylaws, board consents, founder stock with vesting, and IP assignment — with post-incorporation setup for bank accounts and stock plans.
Beyond formation, the platform covers fundraising paperwork such as SAFEs and convertible notes, hiring documents including offer letters and equity compensation, corporate maintenance, and free attorney accounts that give startup law firms a workspace for client paperwork. Pricing runs from a $427 one-time formation fee to an $819 lifetime package.
Clerky is run by its co-founders, former startup attorneys from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, and pairs self-serve formation with free attorney accounts so startup lawyers can review and collaborate in-platform — a model publicly adopted by Lowenstein Sandler's venture practice in 2026.
The company claims 20,000+ startups incorporated, that Clerky startups account for 23% of Silicon Valley seed and pre-seed financings with over $140 billion in aggregate venture capital raised, and that startup formation on the platform grew 6.5x faster than the historical average in the year before the Stripe announcement. (self-reported claims)
Clerky's homepage prices formation as a $427 one-time Pay Per Use fee — Delaware incorporation including expedited filing and a first-year registered agent — or an $819 one-time Company Lifetime package that adds foreign qualification, stock plan adoption, EIN application, and fundraising, hiring, and maintenance workflows.
Startup attorneys get free attorney accounts for reviewing client paperwork. Earlier published price points are $99 for incorporation in 2013 and $99 per six months of unlimited SAFE and convertible-note issuance in 2017.
