Founders & startups

Your idea will travel. Make sure it has a date and an owner.

To raise money, sign partners and hire, a startup has to show what it's building — to investors, accelerators, vendors and candidates. Recording plans, decks and prototypes before each conversation builds a verifiable history of what's yours, from day one.

See how it works

The challenge

Where proof usually breaks down

The deck that ended up with a competitor

Decks circulate among investors and accelerators. When a similar competitor appears, who had the idea first?

Co-founders who leave

When a founder departs, arguments over who created what can stall the company and its funding.

Nobody signs NDAs

Investors rarely sign NDAs. You need another way to document what you showed.

How Docmint helps

Technical proof that's simple to create and easy to check

A history of what's yours

Each record shows what the company had on that date: a useful dossier during due diligence.

Before every meeting

Record the exact deck you'll present. If the idea is used, you show what you showed and when.

Clarity among founders

Recording each founder's contributions from the start reduces future conflict.

No secrets exposed

Nothing is uploaded. Plans and numbers stay with you; only the fingerprint is recorded.

What to record

Files worth recording

Business plans and financial models
Pitch decks and one-pagers
Prototypes, wireframes and MVPs
Source code and documentation
Founder agreements and memos
Market research and validation
Proposals for clients and partners
Brand, name and visual identity

Any format works: Docmint records the file's fingerprint, not its content.

In practice: before a round of investor meetings

You'll pitch to ten funds over the coming weeks.

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Export the deck, financial model and one-pager.
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Record the files as a batch in Docmint, with the round date in the title.
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Send exactly those versions and keep the receipts.
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If a competitor shows up with something very similar, you have the history.

Best practices

Record your deck before each fundraising cycle.
Record code and product at each meaningful milestone.
Put co-founder equity and contributions in writing.
File your trademark as early as possible.
Use generic titles if the project name is still confidential.

What the law says

Business ideas aren't protected as such, but the documents expressing them are, and misusing confidential information can amount to unfair competition in many jurisdictions. Docmint's record helps prove what existed and when; it does not replace trademark or patent filings.

Frequently asked questions

Does recording the idea stop others from copying it?

It doesn't stop them, but gives you dated proof of what you had — useful in negotiations, founder disputes and unfair-competition cases.

What about the startup's brand?

Exclusive brand rights come from trademark registration. Also record the logo in Docmint to document its creation.

Can investors check the records?

Yes. During due diligence, verification links show the chronology of what the company built.

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