Company · StartupBuilder

These Capabilities act on a Startup’s Company, each ending in a record a state, bank, carrier or registrar keeps. A Studio Startup runs inside the Studio-held entity until Graduation; a self-serve Startup uses its own Company.

Wakes at	Capabilities
At creation	Mailing address, Phone numbers, Domain registration, Notarization
Building	Merchant account, Outside accounts, Corporate cards, Company coverage, Licenses and permits, Trademark filings
Live	Tax IDs, Tax filings, Annual compliance, Foreign qualification, Privacy registrations, Contractor payments, Background checks
Repeatable	Payroll, Employment eligibility, Common stock valuation, Patent filings
Scale	Benefits
Graduate	Company formation, Founding documents, Registered agent, Bank accounts, Securities filings, Accreditation verification, Startup transfer
Sell	Startup transfer, Company dissolution

Term	Kind	Definition
Annual compliance	Capability	Annual compliance files each annual report, franchise tax report and ownership report on its clock and keeps the Company in good standing.
Background checks	Capability	Background checks order lawful identity, criminal, credential and employment checks on candidates and Suppliers, with consent and required notices.
Bank accounts	Capability	Bank accounts open the Company’s operating and reserve accounts, verify its owners, and feed every Transaction to the ledger.
Benefits	Capability	Benefits set up and run employee health, retirement and other plans, with enrollment, payroll deductions and required plan filings.
Common stock valuation	Capability	Common stock valuation gets an independent appraisal of common stock before options are granted, refreshed yearly or after a financing.
Company coverage	Capability	Company coverage obtains and renews the Company’s insurance policies, from general liability to cyber and directors and officers, sized to its risk.
Company dissolution	Capability	Company dissolution winds up a Company that no longer holds a business, filing final returns and its certificate while every record stays.
Company formation	Capability	Company formation creates a Startup’s own Company: it records the entity-type Decision, files the certificate and appoints directors.
Contractor payments	Capability	Contractor payments onboard contractors and human supply, collect their tax forms, pay accepted work and file year-end information returns.
Corporate cards	Capability	Corporate cards issue virtual and physical cards to Workers and agents, each bound to a Mandate, merchant rules and Limits.
Domain registration	Capability	Domain registration registers and renews each Startup’s Domains in a registrar account of its own, with its owner of record as registrant.
Employment eligibility	Capability	Employment eligibility verifies each new employee’s right to work, records the employer’s attestation and keeps it for its retention period.
Foreign qualification	Capability	Foreign qualification registers the Company in each other state where it has employees or presence, and keeps each registration in good standing.
Founding documents	Capability	Founding documents give a new Company its bylaws, initial consents, founder stock, vesting, invention assignments and tax elections.
Licenses and permits	Capability	Licenses and permits obtain and renew the business licenses and regulated authorities the Company needs where it operates.
Mailing address	Capability	Mailing address gives a Startup a postal address that receives its mail, scans each piece, and forwards it or deposits checks.
Merchant account	Capability	Merchant account gives a Startup its own connected payments account at its first sale, so it sells and settles as seller of record.
Notarization	Capability	Notarization has a commissioned notary notarize a signer’s Document online and returns the certificate and journal entry as records.
Outside accounts	Capability	Outside accounts register the Company on platforms that verify businesses: app stores, ad networks, marketplaces and directories.
Patent filings	Capability	Patent filings file provisional and full applications for the Company’s inventions, naming human inventors, and keep each one maintained.
Payroll	Capability	Payroll pays employees on schedule, withholds and remits taxes, and files employer returns in every state where they work.
Phone numbers	Capability	Phone numbers give a Startup local, toll-free and mobile numbers, port existing ones, and register business messaging with carriers.
Privacy registrations	Capability	Privacy registrations file the data-protection registrations and appoint the representatives the Company needs in each market it serves.
Registered agent	Capability	Registered agent accepts legal process and state mail for the Company wherever it registers, and routes each item within the hour.
Tax filings	Capability	Tax filings prepare, sign, file and pay the Company’s income, franchise, sales and information returns on time in every jurisdiction.
Tax IDs	Capability	Tax IDs obtain the Company’s employer number, state tax accounts and sales tax registrations wherever it must collect or withhold.
Trademark filings	Capability	Trademark filings clear, file, prosecute and renew the Company’s marks, and watch for conflicting filings.