The Legal Pack

The Founder/Operator legal pack contains the agreements and company rules behind a MetaDAO raise. You can read these public Standard edition templates without starting a raise or connecting a wallet. For the entity structure, see IP Held in an Investor-Aligned Entity.

Open the complete Standard pack (PDF · 85 pages)All eight source documents in one bookmarked PDF. Use your PDF reader to save a copy.

What each document is for

Read the cover first, then follow the agreements relevant to your role. Each link opens an individual PDF. In the complete pack, use your reader’s bookmarks to jump between documents.

1. Cover and defined terms: identities and variables used throughout the pack.
2. Services Agreement: the Operator’s working relationship, with services and payment terms in Exhibit A.
3. Founder confidentiality and IP assignment: the founder’s confidentiality, invention-assignment and licensing obligations. CIIAA means Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreement.
4. Deal Management Technologies Agreement: terms for the deal-management tooling, including MetaLeX terms in Exhibit A.
5. Memorandum of Association: the SPC’s purposes and share capital.
6. Articles of Association: the company’s governance framework and segregated portfolios.
7. SegCo Operating Agreement: operation of a portfolio and the decisions requiring approvals.
8. Personnel confidentiality and IP assignment: a separate CIIAA for personnel, including prior-invention disclosures and termination certification.

Corporate reference records

These four historical supplied copies describe the shared SPC’s formation. They are separate from the eight-document pack, contain nothing for you to complete, and have not been checked against a live registry. They do not prove current good standing or execution of your portfolio’s agreements.

• Certificate of incorporation
• Filed Memorandum of Association
• Filed Articles and attachments
• Section 165 affidavit

The preparation Operating Agreement and the form attached to the filed Articles differ. Ask MetaLeX and counsel which version governs before signing.

Prepare for signing

Start with Getting Listed for MetaDAO’s intake process. Work with the MetaDAO onboarding team, MetaLeX and your own counsel to complete the founder and Operator details, services and payment terms, and IP disclosures. The public templates are separate from your completed agreements.

Before signing, confirm that the agreed details appear in the final documents. Share private disclosures securely with the intended recipients, and retain the executed copies and signature evidence.

Before you sign

Check names, authority, services and payment terms. Disclose existing employment, licensing and ownership restrictions, including assets held by another company. A disclosure does not approve an exception: accepted changes must appear in the final agreements. Never include passwords or private keys.

When a prospective Operator signs before the first raise, Founder CIIAA §3(g) delays assignment until that raise meets its configured minimum. Section 3(b) separately licenses certain inventions used in the business. A failed raise does not automatically release every obligation. Discuss retained IP and the applicable legal and tax requirements with your own counsel.

Getting ListedWhat to prepare for a raise