Your shareholder
agreement, certified.
Upload your SHA. Goodvernance reads every clause that matters — vesting, approval rights, leaver provisions, founder dependencies — and gives you a score.
Score 70 or above — you get the Goodvernance Seal.
Free · Takes 30 seconds · No legal knowledge required
Certified or not — you leave with what matters.
For you — Know whether your SHA is solid or has gaps — before a crisis reveals it.
For your co-founders — A shared understanding, no ambiguity on who decides what.
For your investors — Governance due diligence, done before they ask for it.
Built by a startup lawyer.
Why we built Goodvernance
Every startup already has governance. Most just don't know it.
It lives in your shareholder agreement — binding, invisible, rarely read. The question isn't whether you have it. It's whether it's good.
It defines who owns what, who decides what, and what happens when things don't go as planned. Every co-founder departure, every fundraise, every strategic pivot runs through it. Yet most founding teams have never read it carefully — and discover its gaps only when it's too late to fix them cleanly.
Goodvernance exists to change that — starting with telling you whether yours is good.
Goodvernance Seal
A badge investors can verify in one click.
The Seal is not a decoration. It tells investors, partners, and co-founders that your governance is solid — backed by an independent analysis of your shareholder agreement.
Score ≥ 70 — Certified
Download your Goodvernance Seal. Add it to your pitch deck, share it on LinkedIn, or send the verify link directly to investors. Valid 12 months.
Downloadable PNG — ready for deck or LinkedIn
Public verify link — one click for any investor
12-month validity — renewable each year
Score < 70 — Not yet
You get the exact list of what's missing or at risk — and a clear path to fix it. Goodvernance V1 will guide you clause by clause until you qualify.
Every blocker identified by name
Roadmap to reach 70 — coming in V1
Join the waitlist, get notified first
Free in Beta · First 15 seals free · Takes 30 seconds
How it works
Three steps to your Seal.
Upload your agreement
The PDF you already signed. No redrafting, no manual input, no legal knowledge required.
Goodvernance scores your governance
We read every clause that matters — vesting, approval rights, leaver provisions, involvement obligations — and give you a score from 0 to 100.
Seal or roadmap — either way, you know
Score 70 or above: your Seal is ready to download. Below 70: you get the exact list of what's blocking you.
To qualify for the Seal
Your agreement needs to answer these 3 questions. Does it?
Try to answer them without opening the document.
If your co-founder stops showing up tomorrow, can the company still make key decisions?
Approval clausesWhat happens to their shares if a founder leaves before vesting is complete?
Leaver provisionsCan a co-founder block your next fundraise, and under what conditions?
Approval rightsGoodvernance checks all of this in your agreement — and tells you if you qualify for certification.
Find out if I qualifyWhat Goodvernance reads
Every clause that determines your score.
Not summaries. Not highlights. The actual governance clauses — read, parsed, and scored against a framework built for early-stage companies.
Vesting schedule
Duration, cliff, acceleration
Leaver provisions
Good leaver / bad leaver
Approval rights
Who can block key decisions
Involvement clause
Founder commitment obligations
Founder dependencies
Single points of failure
Unanimous approval
Decision-blocking risks
Ready?
Does your shareholder agreement
qualify for the Goodvernance Seal?
Upload your SHA. Get your score, your full analysis, and your Seal — or the exact list of what's blocking you.
Find out in 30 secondsFree in Beta · Not legal advice