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Start your company in Delaware (USA)

Formation, registered office and bookkeeping — ready to operate from day one.

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Live in 10-12 days
  1. 1
    Agent & Certificate Day 1-2
    • Appoint Delaware registered agent
    • Reserve name with Delaware SOS
    • File Certificate of Incorporation, expedited option
  2. 2
    Federal IRS Steps Day 3-5
    • Obtain EIN from IRS online
    • Adopt VC-standard bylaws and stock plan
    • File FinCEN BOI report within 24 hours
  3. 3
    Banking & Governance Day 6-7
    • Open US bank account, fund stock issuance
    • Document Court of Chancery jurisdiction in bylaws
    • Pay franchise tax and annual report
Starts from
$2,038 first year, all-in
≈ €1,732
What's included
  • Company formation $650
  • Registered agent $200 /year
  • Bookkeeping $99 /month
    See pricing tiers by revenue
    • ≤ $60K revenue $99 /month
    • $60–250K $169 /month
    • $250–600K $299 /month
    • $600K–$1.2M $599 /month
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Why Delaware (USA)?

VC backed startups raising or planning to raise

Delaware C-corp is the universal US VC term sheet default. Court of Chancery has the deepest corporate jurisprudence in the world. Stripe, Shopify, OpenAI. Every modern VC backed company files here.

Court of ChanceryC-corpVC standard

US market entry for non US founders

Federal 21% corporate tax + 0% Delaware state tax (if no Delaware operations). Clean US presence for global founders. ITINs and Wyoming LLC owner setups are well supported by US banks and Stripe.

21% federal0% state if foreign opsStripe Atlas

Holding companies leveraging US treaty network

68+ DTAs including most OECD partners. Limited Partnership and LLC give pass through tax for non US owners. Delaware corporate flexibility (multiple share classes, easy preferred stock).

68+ DTAsLP / LLCMulti class shares

Considerations

If you want low effective US tax

Federal 21% applies to all C-corp profits. Pass through structures (LLC, S-corp) shift to personal rates. For lower tax jurisdictions:

21% federalBEAT/GILTI exposure
→ Singapore 17% headline, 0% on foreign source→ Ireland 12.5% trading tax→ Estonia 0% on retained earnings

If you don't need US presence

Delaware brings federal level US obligations (BOI, FATCA, IRS reporting) even with no US operations. CFC rules apply for European founders. For pure international setup:

BOI requiredFATCA reportingCFC trap
→ United Kingdom common law, easier flip if needed later→ Singapore no US CFC exposure, English admin→ Estonia EU member, fully digital
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