Role Ambiguity
Undefined decision authority creates co-founder conflict that no pivot, no new hire, and no coaching session can fix. It breaks teams you invested in.
NDPA 2023 Registered · NDPC/DCP/10153 · CAC: RC 9587650
Africa's startups don't fail for lack of ideas.
They fail for lack of foundations.
EquiTrust AI is the formation infrastructure layer that powers Africa's startup ecosystem — structuring every founding team's equity, IP, and governance before capital lands, before code is written, before conflict begins.
"Every serious startup ecosystem in the world has infrastructure that founders build on. Africa's founders deserve that same foundation — not after they raise, not after they break — from day one."
— Lamga Pirfa Nden, Founder and CEO, EquiTrust AI
CAC Registered · NDPC Compliant · Legal Partner: Cyber Watch Legal and Associates · TEF Entrepreneur 2026 · Africa Impact Challenge 2026
Free for your first formation · No credit card required · Cancel anytime
THE FOUNDING REALITY
The startups you fund are failing before you can help them.
The collapse happens at formation — before product-market fit, before your capital lands. Equity undocumented. IP unassigned. Roles assumed, not agreed. When pressure arrives, there is nothing to stand on.
Equity Confusion
Undocumented splits and missing vesting schedules become investor red flags that kill your portfolio companies' deals at the moment they matter most.
IP at Risk
Without formal IP assignment, a departing co-founder can walk out with the codebase. Your investment walks out with them. No documentation means no protection.
Fundraising Friction
Unstructured cap tables delay due diligence, erode investor confidence, and lose deals your companies should have closed. Formation gaps become fundraising blockers.
CAC Registered
NDPC Compliant
Legal Partner: Cyber Watch Legal and Associates
TEF Entrepreneur 2026
Africa Impact Challenge 2026
HOW EQUITRUST AI WORKS
AI-assisted formation that turns team inputs into tailored legal drafts.
EquiTrust AI uses team-specific equity structure, roles, and IP contribution data to generate customised legal document drafts, score formation health, and route the result to licensed legal review.
Customised legal draft generation
Our AI produces tailored founder agreements, IP assignment deeds, equity split documentation, and governance contracts based on the team’s structure and contributions.
AI-assisted Formation Health Report
The platform creates a readiness score and gap analysis that highlights equity clarity, IP protection, and governance completeness for each team.
Legal review and e-seal
Every AI-generated document is reviewed and e-sealed by a licensed legal practitioner before delivery, ensuring court-admissible output under Nigerian law.
01
Founder Creates Project
Post your vision with equity expectations and role clarity defined upfront. KYC-verified before the first conversation.
Project creation
Startup name
Sector and stage
Equity expectation and role summary
Save draftInvite teamCreate project
02
Developers Discover and Apply
Technical co-founders find you based on mission, equity expectations, and role fit, not just skills.
Frontend Engineer8% · Product
Full Stack Builder12% · Platform
Mobile Developer10% · Growth
03
Platform Structures Everything
EquiTrust generates your complete formation stack, tailored to your founding team.
Co-Founder Agreement
IP Assignment Deed
Responsibility Matrix
Equity Split Documentation
Success Alignment Agreement
AI
How the AI works
AI converts team inputs into investor-ready legal drafts.
Our AI maps equity splits, role definitions, and IP ownership into a formation set that is validated for Nigerian law, so investors see a consistent signal from every startup.
04
Legal Review and Finalization
Every document goes through Cyber Watch Legal and Associates for Nigerian law validation. Investor-ready. Legally sound.
Validated
Cyber Watch & Legal Associates. legal review
FOR ACCELERATORS & ECOSYSTEM PARTNERS
Stop watching your cohort break over problems that should have been solved before day one.
EquiTrust embeds into your program onboarding. Before capital is disbursed, every founding team is formation-complete, legally structured, and investor-ready. You focus on building great companies. We make sure they have a foundation to build on.
Formation Before Disbursement
Every founding team completes the full formation stack before your capital lands. Protect your cohort investment from structural risk from day one.
Formation Health Report Per Team
Every company receives an investor-readable Formation Health Report — equity structure, IP status, governance completeness, and readiness score.
One Integration. Every Cohort.
Embed EquiTrust AI once. Every future cohort arrives documented, structured, and investor-ready. No repetition of setup or legal processes.
Accelerator
pays cohort license
→
EquiTrust AI
generates formation stack
Founding Team
receives formation as program benefit
FOR INVESTORS
Make every investment safer with formation certainty.
EquiTrust AI gives investors a clear, documented view of equity structure, IP assignment, and governance readiness for every portfolio company.
Portfolio risk visibility
Know which startups in your deal flow have investor-ready equity, IP, and governance documentation before you commit capital.
Deal diligence that moves faster
Receive Formation Health Reports and legal summaries that accelerate due diligence and reduce uncertainty during investment review.
Stronger portfolio support
Back founders with formation tools that keep ownership, IP, and governance aligned as companies scale through future rounds.
Investor access is launching soon. Join the list to get early details on our Nigerian-law formation reports and portfolio insights.
NETWORK
Connect investors, accelerators, and founders on one formation layer.
EquiTrust AI turns formation data into a shared signal so capital decisions, cohort onboarding, and founder formation all move forward together.
Trusted startup signal
Formation documentation and health reports become a dependable metric for identifying the startups most ready for investment.
Consistent portfolio visibility
Standardized equity, IP, and governance data lets investors compare companies across programs without guesswork.
Shared program clarity
Accelerators and founders work from the same formation playbook, reducing the friction between funding events and startup execution.
WHAT WE BUILD
Three Foundations. One Formation Stack.
Choose the pillar that matches your founder journey, then move through the rest when you are ready.
Identity and Trust
KYC verification, founder reputation checks, and idea protection are the first layer of every serious formation flow.
- KYC verification for all users
- Founder reputation and identity confirmation
- Developer credentials and work history
- Idea protection with clear access controls
Identity verified
Business details checked
Team access approved
Equity and Ownership
Equity splits, vesting schedules, and cap table clarity are documented before expectations become disputes.
- Equity split documentation
- Cap table structure and ownership mapping
- Vesting and role alignment guidance
- Founder ownership records for diligence
Founder A55%
Founder B45%
Agreements and Governance
The formation stack turns shared intent into working governance with document packs, validation, and auditability.
- Founder agreement templates
- IP assignment deed and responsibility matrix
- Success alignment agreement
- Prepared for legal finalization
Document stack
Validated by Cyber Watch & Legal Associates.
THE FORMATION STACK
Eight Documents. One Complete Foundation.
Every document is legally validated by Cyber Watch Legal and Associates and prepared for Nigerian federal law and Plateau State jurisdiction.
Co-Founder Agreement
Sets expectations, roles, and shared commitments from day one.
Validated by Cyber Watch & Legal Associates.IP Assignment Deed
Ensures the company owns the work that powers its product.
Validated by Cyber Watch & Legal Associate.Founder Responsibility Matrix
Clarifies who decides, who delivers, and who is accountable.
Validated by Cyber Watch & Legal Associates.Equity Split Documentation
Documents ownership clearly for founders and future investors.
Validated by Cyber Watch & Legal Associates.Pilot Partnership Agreement
Defines engagement terms for programs, pilots, and cohorts.
Validated by Cyber Watch & Legal Associates.Success Alignment Agreement
Captures the conditions that keep the team aligned as it grows.
Validated by Cyber Watch & Legal Associates.Founder Onboarding Pack
Guides the team through setup, record keeping, and key actions.
Validated by Cyber Watch & Legal Associates.Formation Health Report
Summarizes readiness, gaps, and the next best action.
Validated by Cyber Watch & Legal Associates.COMPLIANCE
Built for Trust. Verified by Law.
EquiTrust Labs Limited operates with compliance referenced across registration, data protection, and legal validation.
EquiTrust AI currently produces documents validated under Nigerian federal law (CAMA 2020, NDPA 2023). Expansion to additional African jurisdictions is on our roadmap. Founders outside Nigeria are welcome to use the platform; cross-border legal applicability should be confirmed with local counsel.
CAC Registration
EquiTrust Labs Limited · RC: 9587650 · Companies and Allied Matters Act, CAMA 2020
NDPC Registration
Data Controller/Processor · NDPC/DCP/10153 · Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023
Legal Partnership
Cyber Watch Legal and Associates · Licensed Legal Practitioners · Jos, Nigeria
TEF and AIC
Tony Elumelu Foundation · Africa Impact Challenge 2026 Cohort
PRICING
Formation Infrastructure Pricing.
B2B pricing for accelerators and ecosystem programs. Founder self-serve available below.
Free
$0
Explore the platform, define your project, and begin with clarity.
Start freeStructure Starter
$25 One-time
Turn alignment into agreements. Generate your full formation stack and review your documents before committing to legal sealing.
Note: Documents are not e-sealed at this tier.
⭐ NEW
Formation + Seal
From $75 One-time
Your full formation stack, legally validated and e-sealed by Cyber Watch Legal and Associates — court-admissible under Nigerian law and investor-ready from day one.
- Idea / Pre-product: $75
- MVP / Early Traction: $150
- Seed-Funded ($250k+): $250–$500
- Series A+: Contact us
Active Startup
$35/month
For teams managing ongoing formation updates, co-founder changes, equity amendments, and governance compliance.
Best after completing Formation + Seal.
Success Alignment
Series A+
We win when you win. A flat fee is due only at Series A or above.
Learn moreLaunch-ready Portfolio Access
From $1,000/year
Get a consistent investor signal with portfolio heatmaps, formation health scoring, and NDA-ready legal review for early-stage companies.
- Investor portfolio heatmap
- Formation health score per startup
- NDA-ready legal review summaries
- On-demand deal support
LIMITED ACCESS
Early Investor Access
$5,000/year
Secure quarterly portfolio risk intelligence, bridging diligence for new deals, and verified Nigerian-law formation reports across your deal flow.
- Quarterly portfolio risk intelligence
- Bridged deal diligence support
- Verified Nigerian-law formation reports
- Early access to investor insights
Investor access is launching soon. Join the waitlist for early details on Nigerian-law formation reporting and portfolio intelligence.
COHORT STARTER
$1,500/cohort
Up to 10 founding teams
- Full formation stack per team (8 documents)
- E-seal on all documents — court-admissible under Nigerian law
- Formation Health Report per team
- Cohort summary report
- Legal validation by Cyber Watch Legal and Associates
MOST POPULAR
COHORT STANDARD
$2,000–$3,500/cohort
20–50 founding teams
- Everything in Cohort Starter
- Cohort analytics dashboard
- Formation gap analysis report
- Investor-readiness scoring per team
- Priority legal review
- Stage-based per-founder add-ons available
COHORT PRO
$5,000–$20,000/cohort
51–1,000 founding teams
- Everything in Cohort Standard
- Dedicated onboarding support
- Co-branded formation portal
- White-label Formation Health Report
- Ecosystem benchmarks
ECOSYSTEM LICENSE
$40,000–$80,000/year
2,000–4,000 founding teams
- Everything in Cohort Pro
- Unlimited cohort cycles
- API access to Formation Health Reports
- Quarterly ecosystem report
- Dedicated account manager
- Pan-African multi-cohort rollout
Per-Founder Stage Add-On
Available on top of any cohort price:
MVP / Early Traction: $100/founder
Seed-Funded ($250k+ raised): $250–$500/founder
Series A+: $1,000/founder
(All add-ons include e-seal and full legal validation)
PILOT PROGRAM
We Are Currently in Pilot.
Formation Health Reports will be available from our first cohort partners. Join the waitlist to be notified when EquiTrust AI opens to all ecosystem partners.
Currently piloting with Startup Lab Jos · Plateau State, Nigeria · 2026 Cohort
Africa Doesn't Just Need More Startups. It Needs Stronger Foundations.
Start your formation today. Or partner with us to structure your next cohort.
EquiTrust Labs Limited (RC: 9587650) · In legal partnership with Cyber Watch Legal and Associates · Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
PARTNERSHIP
Investor or institutional partner?
We want to hear from you. Connect with our partnerships team to explore opportunities.