Roman Buzko

Degoverned - Modern legal platform for technology startups

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Incorporation in the US and other popular places (UAE, Singapore, BVI, etc.); fundraising documents (equity, debt, tokens); legal templates; educational materials. Coming soon: trademarks, due diligence, crypto and AI licenses. End game: legal OS for startups.

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Roman Buzko
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Hello, Makers! Let's face it: legal can be the most daunting part of launching a new business. This is especially true when you're operating at the forefront of technological progress, where new regulations tend to emerge every now and then. This is currently the case for crypto and AI, and tomorrow, it could be space exploration ā€” or something else entirely that we can't yet foresee. While each wave of frontier technology startups faces unique regulatory challenges, all startups have a lot in common when it comes to legal needs. As lawyers advising technology startups for the past eight years and huge fans of optimization, we always wanted to build something to address this challenge. That's why we've created Degoverned. Our platform aims to address the fundamental legal needs common to all startups while also tackling the unique regulatory hurdles faced by frontier tech companies. Here's what Degoverned offers today: šŸ¢ Incorporation: Not just in the U.S., but also in other startup-friendly jurisdictions like Singapore, the UAE, Estonia, and various offshore locations. šŸ’° Fundraising: Go beyond the SAFE and issue equity, debt, or tokens. šŸ“„ Legal Templates: Generate that urgent NDA, store all your templates in one place, and benefit from our ever-expanding library of legal documents. šŸ“š Education: Get started with our guides on new tech regulations, beginning with crypto and web3. Think of us as the next evolution of Clerky or Stripe Atlas, extending beyond just U.S. incorporation. We have an ambitious product roadmap with the ultimate goal of becoming a legal, finance, and admin HQ for technology startups. Realizing this vision will take time, and we're starting today with the launch on Product Hunt.
ILYA GALUSHIN
@roman_buzko hey! good to see you on PH. I feel like your product is an absolute must for each and every founder. Wishing all the best with the launch!
Sergei Terno
@roman_buzko Huuuuge kudos! Can't wait to see you guys become the go-to legal, finance, and admin HQ for tech startups. Keep rocking and rolling!
W #wamsport
@roman_buzko great to see this on PH, I read your Telegram channel and it helped me a lot and I'm def the target audience for this product. All the best with the launch!
Ivan Ilin
Launching soon!
Congratulations on your launch! A very practical stuff, as a founder I can prove legal is a pain sometimes, although, I would move the signup wall further from the user and would make it a one click button instead of a number of fields for manual filling.
Roman Buzko
@ivan_ilin, thanks! Good point, we should indeed make all the templates available before the sign-in.
Eugene Sugrobov
Is there any tips for founders? And in what languages do your support team speaks?
Roman Buzko
Hi @eugene_sugrobov! Check out our US Startup Legal Playbook 2023 and Crypto Startup Legal Playbook 2022 on the website. These are treasury troves for founders in the respective areas. As for the support languages, we speak English, Spanish, German, Russian and Ukrainian. I am also learning some Dutch but it is limited to "twee biertjes alstublieft" so far šŸ˜…
Paul Mit
So glad to see you launch guys! And great service for early stage startups targeting on global market!
Max Kotin
Congrats! This is awesome. Sorting out legal stuff isn't the most fun part of building a business. Having an option to streamline it and focus on building the product is what many small teams can benefit from enormously!
Rose Kamal Love
This feels like a really promising tool, quick question, does it support India and it's laws?
Roman Buzko
@rosekamallove, not yet. But India is the tremendous pool of talented founders and very promising market for us.
Nodari Kolmakhidze
I very well know the legal team behind the Degoverned - worked with them in the past. They're amazing professionals. Glad to see the launch - the platform is cool and useful, and I believe it can simplify the legal processes. We need some document templates now - will do it now ;)
Roman Buzko
Thank you, @nodarik!
Vasily Agateev
Hi everyone, Vasily from Degoverned here! I'm a lawyer by training and a self-taught developer who decided to retire my law diploma for good. I led the development of our platform, which was primarily built on Bubble, complemented by some custom coding. We chose to use Bubble for its obvious advantages in flexibility and rapid development cycles. Happy to chat about the technical aspects, and a big thank you to all of you for your support!
Alex (Sasha) Dolgov
Hey mates! Looks very promising for early-stage startups without legal advisors on the board. Is the main idea to create something like Clerky but for more countries and more industry-specific?
Roman Buzko
Clerky is a great platform, but they had no updates over the past several years and no product roadmap. We want to go deeper adding new legal products and broader serving new markets beyond the U.S.
Yura Turivny
Impressive launch, @roman_buzko ! As someone deeply involved in tech startups, I know the legal struggles firsthand. Your platform's global incorporation options and educational resources are. Can't wait for crypto and AI licenses! šŸš€
Nick from FirstHR
Good luck, guys! Upvoted!
Alex Norovyatkin
Congrats on the launch! Wish you good luck :) Feel like the name "Degoverned" is a good choice, especially if you want to make a disruptive image of your service.
Roman Buzko
Thanks, Alex! The other choice for the name was 10x.legal like "10x engineer" but for legal.
Dineshan
Launching soon!
Absolutely a pain solver for early-stage startups. All the features and the options to incorporate in multiple locations are really awesome. How is Degoverned distinguished from Strip Atlas on Delaware incorporation?
Roman Buzko
Thanks for your support, @dineshan_sithamparanathan! And fair question about Stripe Atlas. Currently, Stripe Atlas and Clerky offer better prices for Delaware C-corps. So if someone needs a plain-vanilla legal entity for the cheapest price possible, you should consider these two great products. We are, however, different in that we (a) register companies in other popular jurisdictions (but also Delaware C-corp and LLCs, of course), (b) have different fundraising documents (not only SAFE), (c) enable trademarks registration. Plus, Degoverned is built around the idea of supporting founders of regulated industries, such as crypto, AI, and space. For that we will build compliance and licensing tools.
Maria Loleyt
Congratulations, this is a great launch!!!
Daniel Sudhindaran
This looks extremely useful. I wish I had it when I was starting my startup! Is there any provision to "move" my already-created startup to this system?
Roman Buzko
We are actually working on an export-import tool! For now, you can simply add a new company in your profile. If you generate any documents for this company, the relevant data will populate automatically.
Julia Shilova
Nice work team, congrats! Good luck on the launch šŸš€
Dmitry Chulkov
Congratulations! Your product looks cool!
Elizaveta Novikova
This platform seems really promising for tech startups! Looking forward to seeing the new additions you have planned, guys! Good luck šŸ€
Alex Chepovoi
Nice ;) Congrats on the launch!
This product is really needed for me. I'm just preparing to set up a legal entity for my startup. I will be exploring what you offer. Congratulations on the launch! Good luck!
Roman Buzko
Thank you, @alex_egorov! Feel free to ping me and I will guide you through.