Legal services for ambitious startups and investors.
Serotonin Legal Services provides affordable and passionate legal representation to leading high-growth companies and investment firms.
Our Services
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Formation: Limited or No Funding
o Formation & organizational documents (including a full suite of launch documents for employment, consulting and other engagements to ensure compliance and protect your IP)
o Board consents approving various actions necessary for formation
o Cap table (e.g. Carta) management
o Pre-seed fundraising (SAFEs, Notes and Friends/Family)
o Stock grants to employees & consultants
o Operating agreements and bylaws
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Seed: $1M+ in aggregate funding
o Board meeting prep & attendance (including consents)
o Cap table (e.g. Carta) management
o Commercial agreements
o Tokenomics
o Corporate governance & risk management
o Employee, consultant, & advisor agreements
o Terms of Service and Privacy Policies
o M&A / Joint Ventures
o Negotiating vendor & customer agreements
o Equity and debt fundraising
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Post-Seed: ~$5-50M+ in aggregate funding
o Cap table (e.g. Carta) management
o Commercial agreements
o Tokenomics
o Outsourced GC Services
o Employee and Executive Compensation
o Data Privacy
o Privacy policies & T&Cs
o Digital Asset and regulatory compliance advice
o Series A fundraising and beyond
o M&A, Joint Ventures and other strategic partnerships
About Me
Teddy Ellison, ESQ Managing Partner
Teddy is an Emerging Companies and Venture Capital lawyer that represents private companies and venture capital/ angel investors. Before starting Serotonin Legal Services, Teddy earned his undergraduate degree at The Ohio State University and his JD at the University of Southern California and was an Emerging Companies and Venture Capital lawyer at Latham & Watkins LLP where he gained extensive experience working for some of the top private companies and investors during the peak of the bull market. Now, Teddy aims to bring his entrepreneurial spirit and high energy to your team to help you achieve your goals and maintain compliance on your journey.
Client List
* denotes work performed at Latham & Watkins LLP, prior to Serotonin Legal Services
Activant Capital*
American Liver and Metabolic Center
Authors of Boston
Axios Media*
BioBlanks
ButterflyMX*
Bessemer Venture Partners*
Cardinal Security
DataArt*
Flavor AI
Franklin Systems
Foxtrot*
General Catalyst*
Hedosophia*
Icosavax*
Lay3r Labs
Loop*
Merlin Labs*
Mineralys*
Mojito
Nera Systems
Noves
Ocelot Bio*
Pipedrive*
Propel*
pulseData*
Ro*
Sane Holdings
Seated Technologies*
Serotonin
Setl
TerraCycle*
The Farmer’s Dog*
Triumvira*
VillageMD*
YouPay