Schedule A
Equity as a range, not a number
Declare a guaranteed floor and a best-case ceiling. The exact share is earned by what you actually do — settled by audit, not by who argued hardest.
Signable · downloadable
The Partners is a private deal room where co-founders declare equity ranges — a guaranteed floor and a best-case ceiling — sign an NDA and partnership agreement under the Indian Contract Act, and put their commitments on record. The final share is settled by a human audit of what each partner actually delivered.
Note — Free to use. No credit card. Templates align with §10 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. Drafted to be lawyer-checkable before incorporation.
The platform follows the same sequence a partnership deed does. Each step is signed before the next is opened, so you can stop at any point with everything still on the record.
Sign up, verify your email with a one-time code, and complete your founder profile. Each partner is identified by name and contactable email.
Name the venture, describe what you're building, and invite your co-founder. Private from day one — only invited partners see the inside.
Each partner declares a floor and a ceiling for equity, along with role, weekly hours, and milestones. Ranges lock once both partners agree.
Sign the NDA and agreement under the Indian Contract Act, 1872. Record a sixty-second commitment video. The deal room remains the source of truth.
Declare a guaranteed floor and a best-case ceiling. The exact share is earned by what you actually do — settled by audit, not by who argued hardest.
Confidentiality, IP, and non-compete clauses generated for your venture, ready to sign in-platform and download as a sealed PDF.
A sixty-second video, recorded in your browser, in your own voice. What you said you'd do — kept beside what you signed.
Eighty per cent of Indian startups have no formal founder agreement until funding or conflict forces one. These are the conversations the deal room is built to prevent.
Exhibit A“How do we split equity? 50-50 feels wrong, but I don't want to offend my best friend.”
Exhibit B“₹25,000–₹50,000 per founder for legal docs? We're bootstrapped. We can't afford that.”
Exhibit C“We split 50-50 verbally. Now my co-founder works ten hours a week and still wants the same equity. We have no proof.”
Most disputes are over equity. The deal room makes the equity story refutable — with signatures, ranges, and video, all timestamped.
Four concrete provisions, each addressed to a real failure mode.
Ranges (30–35%, 20–25%) are set against hours, skills, and milestones. When someone doesn't deliver, the record shows it — no awkward fight needed.
Founder A (technical) → 40–45%. Founder B (sales) → 30–35%.
Auto-generated NDAs cover IP, confidentiality, and non-compete. Valid under Indian law. Sealed PDF in two minutes — without the ₹15,000 lawyer bill.
Covers trade secrets, customer data, code ownership, non-compete.
Each co-founder records their commitment on camera. If someone changes the story later, the camera has the original version.
Once a thing is on video, people keep their word. Commitment plus proof.
Every partnership gets a quick review by a CA-qualified legal team — red flags surfaced, Indian-law compliance confirmed.
Equity math, vesting, IP clauses, non-compete validity.
Fair question. Here's the honest comparison.
| Provision | The Partners | Google Docs | Hire a lawyer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free | Free | ₹25K–₹50K |
| Time to complete | 15 min | 2–3 hr | 2–4 wk |
| Legal validity | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Video commitments | ✓ | — | — |
| CA verification | ✓ | — | ✓ |
Google Docs is free but unenforceable. Lawyers are enforceable but slow and expensive. The Partners is the middle path — generated under the same code lawyers cite, signed in the same room.
“We almost lost our CTO over a 5% equity fight. The Partners helped us settle it 35-32-33 based on actual hours logged. Saved the company.”
“Saved ₹40,000 in lawyer fees. NDAs and equity agreement, done in one afternoon. The video commitment is genius.”
“Ranges made the negotiation calm. Nobody felt locked in too early. CA verification was the part that gave us real peace of mind.”
Yes. Documents are generated under the Indian Contract Act, 1872 and the Companies Act, 2013. Every partnership is reviewed by a CA-qualified team within 48 hours.
That is exactly what the video commitments and signed NDAs are for. If someone changes the story later, there is contemporaneous, signed proof of what was agreed.
Yes — the base plan is free, no card required. Pro (₹4,999) and Enterprise (₹14,999) plans pay for priority CA review and custom clauses.
You do. Recordings are stored on Indian infrastructure and are visible only to co-founders in your deal room. You can download or delete them at any time.
That is the best time. Verbal agreements have no legal standing — document it now, before conflict arises.
“Every co-founder split written on day one is a guess. Make the guess auditable.”