A new model for venture-stage legal

Big Law judgment,
without the hourly bill.

AI-native flat-fee legal services for venture-backed companies. GC subscription, capital raising, M&A — with the senior dealmaker judgment Big Law charges by the hour.

The approach

Three things,
done differently.

What Big Law charges for is judgment. What it bills for is hours. We've separated the two — partner-level counsel, AI leverage underneath, flat fees on top.

01 —

Senior judgment

every matter

Every engagement runs through an experienced attorney. No associate-led drafting, no junior-led negotiations.

02 —

AI does the lifting

flat fees follow

A practice intelligence layer drafts, reviews, and tracks deal documents. What used to take an associate a week takes a senior partner an afternoon.

03 —

Predictable cost

no hourly clock

Subscription GC and per-deliverable flat fees. No clock, no surprise invoices, no incentive to drag out the work.

Services

What we do.

01
Subscription GC

Outside GC
as a subscription

Day-to-day legal — commercial contracts, employment, corporate governance — covered by a monthly subscription. No hourly bills, partner-level attention at a predictable cost.

From $8,500 / mo Request scope →
02
Capital raising

Formations through
priced rounds

Formations, SAFEs, convertible notes, and priced rounds (Seed through Series C). Flat fees agreed upfront. NVCA standard with deviations explained, not buried.

Seed → Series C Request scope →
03
M&A

Sell-side and buy-side,
mid-market

Acquisitions, exits, and strategic transactions for venture-backed companies. Diligence, drafting, and negotiation run by senior counsel from kickoff to close.

Mid-market focus Request scope →
04
Stay through exit

One firm across
the lifecycle

We stay with you — from your first SAFE through your priced rounds and eventually your exit. The deal you do at Series A is the diligence you face at the sale.

Continuity by design Request scope →
Why Tessera

The part of Big Law
actually worth paying for.

High-quality legal advice, delivered with AI leverage, at affordable and predictable rates. Flat fees per deliverable, or subscription-based outside GC services. No hourly bills. No metered email. No surprise invoices at month-end.

We stay with you — from your first SAFE through your priced rounds and eventually your exit. The same senior attorney who knows why your founders' vesting was structured a particular way is the one who handles the buyer's diligence. That continuity is rare, and it's the part of Big Law that's actually worth paying for.

Underneath sits a practice intelligence layer we've built ourselves: a drafting engine, a deviation corpus, and a deal-tracking substrate that turns associate-level work into infrastructure. Senior judgment plus AI leverage is how we charge flat fees for work competitors still bill hourly.

Our founder is an emerging-companies and venture capital partner whose practice has spanned formations, financings, and M&A transactions across the venture lifecycle. Tessera is what happens when that judgment gets paired with the right tools and the right pricing model.

Contact

Get on the waitlist.

Founders, investors, or operators — tell us a bit about what you're working on and we'll be in touch as we open up engagements.

Or email hello@tessera.legal