Contract Review for Startups

Why startups are especially exposed

Early-stage businesses are contract-intensive. In your first two years you'll typically sign:

• Founder agreements and shareholder agreements
• Customer contracts and service agreements
• SaaS and vendor agreements (often 20+ per year)
• Employment contracts and contractor agreements
• Office lease or co-working agreements
• Partnership, referral, and reseller agreements

Each one contains terms that could cost you money — or worse, lock you into obligations you didn't understand when you signed. And unlike a large business, a startup doesn't have a legal team, a CLM system, or a renewal tracking process to catch these things.

The startup contract checklist

Before signing any commercial agreement, check:

• Exclusivity clauses — Are you locked out of working with competitors or similar clients?
• IP assignment — Does your client or partner own the work you produce?
• Auto-renewal — When does notice need to go in to exit cleanly?
• Liability cap — Is your exposure capped at contract value, or is it uncapped?
• Termination for convenience — Can the other side walk away without cause? Can you?
• Payment terms — Net 30/60/90 — and is there a late payment remedy?

What Clavico does

Upload any contract. In under 3 minutes you get:

• A risk score (Low / Medium / High / Critical)
• A revenue leakage assessment — the six most common ways contracts cost you money
• Flagged clauses in plain English — what each one means for your business
• Negotiation guidance — what to push back on, and what market-standard terms look like

Pricing

$39 for 1 scan, or $99 for a 5-scan pack.

Compare that to a lawyer at $400–600/hour: Clavico pays for itself on the first contract you review.