Structuring a Startup for Funding
20 May 2025 · 1 min
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U.S. investors usually require a Delaware C-Corporation. Hire a lawyer to set it up, which costs $30,000 to $50,000, but many firms defer fees until you raise capital.
U.S. investors usually require a Delaware C-Corporation. Hire a lawyer to set it up, which costs $30,000 to $50,000, but many firms defer fees until you raise capital.
in the United States, or if you want to raise money from outside, from US investors, you really need to have a Delaware C-Corp. Now, you can hire a lawyer to do that. It's not crazy. It shouldn't be crazy expensive to just set up a corporation, corporate entity. A lot of big law firms, if they like you and think you're fundable, they will give you, you know, X thousand dollars. I don't even know what the Used to be around $30,000 to $50,000 of deferred legal fees to help you kind of get set up. And then of course, once you raise capital, you have to pay them that money back.
