Fair agreements
Contracts and expectations that safeguard both parties without placing disproportionate risk on the startup.
Why this exists
Created from a founder’s experience of an unequal relationship.
Corporate Startup Partnership grew out of the experience of building Bizbot and seeing a promising company close after a difficult relationship with a larger investor. The dispute raised fundamental questions about access to source code, negotiating power and how startup value is protected when interests no longer align.
The other side argued that it needed protection in a high-risk investment. That tension is exactly why clear terms, shared expectations and balanced safeguards matter for everyone involved.
Our purpose is not to take sides in every dispute. It is to help founders and corporations recognise risks earlier, ask better questions and create collaborations that remain fair when circumstances change.
Read Shifter’s reporting on the Bizbot case