Our Services for Startups
We make sure we’re a good match.
We want to work with you only if we can truly help. We can determine in less than 10 minutes whether or not you need our unique style of business-focused assistance. If not, we’ll tell you. If so, we’ll work to propel you toward success.
We’re with you from the outset.
Freedman provides your startup with full service, from initial counsel and patent protection through to the challenging task of making vital business connections. When the time is right, we’ll support your commercialization effort as well.
In essence, we become part of your management team, seeing your business from its beginnings to realization of your goals. More than that, we have a specific practice for small, pre-commercial businesses that do not yet have CFOs, CIOs, general counsel or a board of directors. We can take on these functions for you until you generate enough revenue to hire permanently.
We help you attract funding.
We’ve done our due diligence on venture capitalists, and we know how to write business plans. Using our detailed knowledge of the statistical models that venture capitalists need to see, we’ll set you up strategically to seek the investments you need — and then help you actually attract those investments. If a VC model is not for you, we’ll show you many other routes to commercialization that better fit your vision.
We protect your entire business, not just your IP.
We offer tactical advice about where you should invest in IP protection — depending on whether your goal is to protect your own invention, prohibit the activity of other companies, or make an idea commercially available. Regardless of your needs, we’ll set you on the right path.
We maximize your tax advantage.
Properly utilizing the government of Canada’s Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SRED) tax incentive program can mean the difference between success and failure for a startup company. We’re experts in SRED and can help you plan for, manage and profit from it.
We manage international filings.
We manage filings throughout the world and support our clients in their efforts to penetrate foreign markets. We continuously develop our international network to meet increasing demand among our clients for legal representation abroad.
Freedman is registered to file patent applications directly to the U.S. for some applicants.