Move fast. Don't build compliance debt.
Speed is the whole point of a startup. But every contract, licence, IP filing or SOC 2 control you don't track turns into debt, and it comes due in your next raise or enterprise deal. With ExpiryEdge you set up tracking once and keep it from seed to Series C. Each obligation gets an owner, a renewal date and reminders at 90, 60, 30 and 7 days, so the paperwork keeps up with the growth.
Quick answer
Startup compliance tracking means keeping every licence, contract, IP filing and control in one list from day one. Each has an owner and gets reminders at 90, 60, 30 and 7 days. You set it up once and it grows with you. A trademark deadline or a SOC 2 window won't turn into the surprise that stalls your next raise.
Compliance debt compounds quietly
The things founders skip early that get expensive later.
Founder time is the scarcest resource
Renewal dates sit in a founder's head next to the raise, the hiring plan and the roadmap. The week that head is full is the week a deadline slips.
Growth scatters obligations
New entities, vendors and contractors pile up faster than anyone tracks them. By Series A nobody can say what's due or who owns it.
Diligence finds the gaps
Investors and enterprise buyers want proof of your contracts, IP and SOC 2 status. Rebuilding it in the middle of diligence costs weeks you don't have.
Set it up once, let it scale with you
Founder-light setup
Add your obligations once and give each an owner. From then on ExpiryEdge chases the dates instead of you, and you get your evenings back for product.
Built to scale with the cap table
The list that holds ten obligations at seed can hold hundreds at Series C, across new entities and offices. You never have to migrate it.
Ownership as you hire
Pass obligations to new hires as the team grows. Each record keeps its owner, a backup and its history, so nothing gets dropped in a handover.
Diligence-ready records
Each reminder, renewal and upload is time-stamped and can be exported. When an investor or a buyer's security team asks for proof, you send a file instead of pulling an all-nighter.
A loop that runs itself as you grow
Track, alert, renew, verify - automatically
Each obligation goes round the same loop. ExpiryEdge watches the date and warns the owner early. It prompts the renewal, checks it's done and then resets for the next cycle. You build the loop once and it keeps running while the company grows.
Recurring obligations regenerate their next due date
Verification closes the loop with a logged action
Works the same at 10 obligations or 500
Early enough to act, on the channel you check
Reminders go out at 90, 60, 30 and 7 days before each deadline, by email, SMS, WhatsApp or Slack/Teams. That's enough time to renegotiate a cloud contract or close a SOC 2 control before it lapses.
Reminders at 90/60/30/7 days
Escalates to a backup if the owner is heads-down
No deadline living only in someone's head
What changes from day one
Set once
tracking that scales from seed to Series C
90/60/30/7
day reminders on every obligation
0
deadlines living only in a founder's head
Minutes
to produce diligence-ready evidence
Yes. It's cheapest to do before the list grows. Ten dates with owners takes an afternoon now. Rebuilding a year of history during your first real diligence takes far longer.
Yes. The same list grows from a handful of items to hundreds as you add entities, vendors and teams, and you never migrate. You set up the structure once.
Start with entity registrations and your key vendor and customer contracts. Add trademarks, insurance and SOC 2 windows. In short, anything with a renewal date that an investor or enterprise buyer might ask about.
Each reminder, renewal and upload is time-stamped and exportable. When diligence asks for proof of your contracts or IP, you hand it over in minutes and the deal keeps moving.
Give each obligation an owner and a backup. When someone joins, hand records over in seconds. The history goes with them, so a deadline doesn't fall through the gap.
Plans start at $29/month. The 14-day free trial needs no credit card, so you can load your first obligations before paying anything, then add capacity as the list grows.
Set up compliance once now - so it never slows the next raise
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