For Founders
SEIS Eligibility for Founders: Can Your Company Use It?
Age, trade, gross assets, employees and independence: every SEIS eligibility test in founder terms, with the traps that catch real raises.
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For Founders
The founder pathway: eligibility, advance assurance, documents and a compliant raise.
Advanced Subscription Agreements and SEIS: What Founders Sign
The standard SEIS-compatible instrument for taking money early, and the conditions that keep it safe.
Structuring an SEIS Round: The Order of Operations
Assurance before money, shares before spend, evidence before certificates. The order is the structure.
How to Apply for SEIS: The Four Steps
The SEIS application process from a founder who has run it: eligibility, advance assurance, the compliant raise, and…
SEIS for Software Startups: The Clean Fit and the Catches
Software is the classic SEIS fit. The catches hide in licensing, grants and the clock.
How Much Can You Raise Under SEIS?
The 250,000 pound question answered properly: the cap, what eats into it, whether to raise it all at…
SEIS Advance Assurance: The Founder’s Guide
What HMRC advance assurance is, the document pack to prepare, how long it takes, and what to do…
Common Mistakes That Break SEIS Status
The errors that quietly disqualify rounds or claw back relief after the money is in, and the habits…
The SEIS Document Pack Investors Expect
Every document a serious SEIS investor will ask for, why each exists, and how to assemble the pack…
SEIS3 Certificates: What to Do After the Round
The founder’s post-round checklist: the four-month clock, the 70% evidence, filing SEIS1 and getting SEIS3 certificates into investors’…
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