For startups developing innovative products and services within the dynamic nature of the entrepreneurial ecosystem, securing investment is a critical milestone in achieving their growth goals. Venture capital funds (VCs) often prefer to create comprehensive contractual arrangements, primarily shareholder agreements, to govern their relationships with the ventures they invest in. Investment documents must be carefully designed, taking into account the startup's scale, investment amount, sector of operation, and future projections. Therefore, it is crucial to draft shareholding agreements and shareholder agreements, as well as convertible notes, SAFEs, and other financing instruments, in accordance with both the ecosystem and Turkish law.

In addition, making the start-up structure legally suitable for receiving investment, creating employee share option plans (ESOP), evaluating the compliance of the field of activity with the legislation and building the correct corporate structure are other important stages of the process.

As IŞIK KAYA Law Firm, some of the services we offer for venture capital investments and start-up projects are as follows:

Preparation of investment documents such as term sheets, share participation agreements, and shareholder agreements; organizing the closing general assembly processes and managing the investment process in a holistic manner,

Preparation and structuring of agreements regarding mixed debt and equity financing instruments such as convertible notes and SAFEs,

Conducting due diligence on the start-up that investors want to evaluate and revealing the legal risks,

Providing legal consultancy on the design and implementation of employee share option plans and ESOP agreements,

Providing consultancy to ensure that the start-up has a legally investment-ready, transparent and corporate structure.