Common Paper
The SAFE for commercial contracts
About Common Paper
Common Paper is a contracting platform that helps startups close deals with their customers faster and with less risk.
We create standard, open-source contracts for commercial transactions, including NDAs, DPAs, and sales agreements. These are analogous to the SAFE, but are between customers and vendors rather than investors and startups. The standardized format means that data within contracts is structured from inception.
We build software for managing standard contracts, accelerating sales cycles, and making the data within the contracts programmatically accessible to other business systems.
Tens of thousands of people have downloaded our standard contracts, and 63% of the contracts on our system close within 24 hours.
Company details
Funding
Total raised
$7M
Last stage
Seed
Investors
Founders
Jake Stein
Jake Stein is co-founder and CEO of Common Paper. Previously, he was co-founder of RJMetrics (acquired by Magento, then Adobe) and Stitch (acquired by Talend). Before RJMetrics, Jake worked in venture capital, started a landscaping business in high school, and was the 44th ranked table tennis player under 21 in New Jersey; achievements of which he is equally proud.
LinkedInBenjamin Garvey
Engineering leader with over two decades of experience. Previously Senior Engineering Manager at Betterment, and engineering roles at Adobe, Magento, and RJMetrics.
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.