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We design investment structures for startups, investors and Polish alternative investment companies (ASI) to organise founder-investor-company relationships, reduce the risk of disputes and prepare them for subsequent rounds of financing.

Let’s discuss your investment structure

A strong business is not always investment-ready. Most often the problem is not the company’s potential itself, but a messy cap table, an unclear influence structure and documents that do not translate into smooth operations once capital comes in.

“What costs most is not missing paperwork, but mistakes in the mechanics of the investment: who decides, who has influence, and what happens at the next capital move.”

That is why we do not start from documentation alone. First we arrange the investment architecture, and only then translate it into collaboration rules, governance and formal solutions that are meant to work after the transaction closes as well.

Mateusz Sawaryn

Managing Partner Counsel

Common problems and challenges

The most common problems we solve

The startup is commercially attractive but not investment-ready The company has a product and a growth outlook, but it does not have orderly shareholding relationships, founder roles or rules that give the investor a sense of security.

We organise the cap table, the parties’ roles and the basic logic of the capital entry before chaos starts slowing down the conversations.

We design a structure that organises relationships and prepares the company for investment.

Better readiness for talks, less friction in negotiations, greater clarity for the investor.

A good company starts looking like a risky investment.

The founders enter the funding round without an agreed balance of power It is unclear who decides what, where the investor’s control ends, and where the team’s operational agency begins.

We set out the rules on influence, corporate consents, protections and decision pathways.

We design governance that supports the pace of operations while also protecting the parties’ interests.

Greater predictability of collaboration after capital comes in.

Decision paralysis, tension between the parties and conflict that returns with every more important decision.

The investor wants an efficient entry, without stepping into chaos Fragmented shareholdings, poorly thought-out personal rights and unclear protective mechanisms lengthen the process and increase investment risk.

We verify the structure, identify gaps and design an entry model that is workable commercially and formally.

We combine the perspectives of the investor, the company and the founders into one coherent investment architecture.

A faster path to a decision and better negotiation quality.

The transaction will stall on risks that could have been organised earlier.

Today's structure may block the next funding round A structure that helps close an investment today may make future dilution, an ESOP, a new investor or further scaling more difficult tomorrow.

We design the structure with subsequent growth stages in mind, not only the current round close.

We analyse how current arrangements affect future financing and organise governance for further development.

Greater flexibility for subsequent ownership and investment decisions.

A costly restructuring of the setup exactly when the business should be growing.

An ASI or investment vehicle must work in practice, not just formally Formal correctness alone is not enough if the construction does not match the capital allocation strategy and day-to-day operating practice.

We design structures for ASIs and investment vehicles so that they are commercially logical and orderly from a formal perspective.

We tailor the construction to the investment purpose, the relationships between entities and the management model.

The structure supports investing rather than complicating it at every stage.

A formally correct model starts hindering decisions, information flow and further capital allocation.

The business arrangements exist, but do not translate into action The parties roughly know what they want, but they have not translated it into coherent collaboration rules and documents.

We translate the agreed points into a workable operating model, protections and responsibilities.

We bind the business, corporate and documentation layers into one whole.

Fewer misunderstandings after signing, more predictability in practice.

The investment process becomes a hostage to documents instead of a growth tool.

Our solution

From investment chaos to an organised structure that works

We do not deliver the agreement alone. We design the mechanics of the investment: the capital-entry model, influence rules, governance and documentation that still make commercial sense after the transaction closes.

From investment chaos to an organised structure that works

We do not deliver the agreement alone. We design the mechanics of the investment: the capital-entry model, influence rules, governance and documentation that still make commercial sense after the transaction closes.

Equity investment model

  • analysis of the company’s or investment vehicle’s stage
  • assessment of the investment purpose and the parties’ expectations
  • recommendation of the right capital-entry model

A recommended investment architecture with a clear commercial and legal rationale.

Ordering the cap table and shareholder relationships

  • review of the ownership structure
  • identification of gaps, conflicts and risks in the shareholding setup
  • ordering of the parties’ roles, influence and responsibilities

A clear balance of power before capital comes in or before the next development stage.

Governance i mechanika decyzyjna

  • preparing or reviewing investment documents
  • consistently reflecting business arrangements in the legal documentation
  • refining cooperation, protection and exit mechanisms

Documentation ready for negotiation, signing and implementation.

Dokumentacja inwestycyjna i korporacyjna

  • adapting the structure to the capital-allocation strategy
  • organising relationships between the entities and participants in the structure
  • checking that the model is legally workable

A structure that supports investment and ongoing management, rather than merely meeting formal requirements.

Preparing for future funding rounds and growth

  • assessing how the current arrangements affect future funding
  • accounting for future dilution, an ESOP and new investors joining
  • adjusting the model to support further growth

A solution that works not only today but also for the next capital transaction.

Who this service is for

This service is for you if the investment is to be organised, workable and commercially safe

We work on matters where the objective is not merely to sign the documents, but to establish a structure that will operate effectively after the investment.

Founder / Startup CEO

when, before a round, you need to quickly organise the cap table, founder roles and the rules of collaboration with the investor.

Investment Manager / Principal at a fund or ASI

when the investment is attractive, but the structure needs organising before the decision and capital entry.

Management board member / Managing Partner

when process pace, risk control and a solution ready for the next growth stages matter.

Stages of work

A clear process from diagnosis to a structure ready to operate

We run the process so that the client quickly knows what needs organising, which model we recommend and how to translate it into decisions and documents.

Investment context and objectives

We analyse the current ownership structure, the company or ASI stage, the parties' expectations and the main risk areas.

Structure and working principles

We propose a target investment model, the parties' areas of influence, protective mechanisms and governance logic.

Documentation and implementation

We prepare or review documents and turn business arrangements into workable legal and corporate solutions.

Closing and readiness for the next stage

We check that the structure works not only today, but also for future funding, scaling or orderly investment management.

Porozmawiajmy o strukturze inwestycji

Let’s discuss your investment structure

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Put the structure in order before it starts slowing down the investment

One well-designed decision at the start can save months of negotiation, tension and rebuild work at the next round.

In the form, describe the startup or ASI stage, the planned investment and the biggest risk point. That lets us move straight to a conversation about the right operating model.

Mateusz Sawaryn

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