The biggest opportunities for a growing startup — raising venture capital, granting employees real equity, and setting up a tax-advantaged exit — are built for C-corps. If you formed as an LLC, converting is how you unlock them. We can help.
An LLC is great to start with until you’re ready to grow.
Forming an LLC is the easiest way to get a company off the ground. But as you grow, the same structure that made it simple to start is now in the way. Investors expect a C-corp before they’ll write a check. Stock options don’t work cleanly in an LLC. And the tax advantages available to founders, like QSBS and trust stacking, aren’t possible.
Converting solves all of it. Most founders put this off because it means a lot of work: finding a law firm, navigating an open-ended process, and the waiting.
Why Convert
Three things a C-corp unlocks that an LLC can’t.
Raise venture capital
Most investors won’t fund an LLC. A C-corp with standardized shares is the structure VCs expect, so converting removes a blocker before you even start raising capital.
Attract and retain talent
Stock options are how startups compete for great people. This standard process is clean in a C-corp, but clunky at best in an LLC.
A tax-advantaged exit
C-corp stock can qualify for QSBS, which may exclude a large share of your gain from federal tax when you exit. You can also protect more of what you keep at exit by stacking multiple trusts.
The Solution
We make the conversion simple.
Instead of an open-ended law-firm engagement, you get a guided, streamlined path from LLC to C-corp. You also get a licensed attorney reviewing and signing off before anything is filed. Straightforward, fast, and done by experts.
Why Promissory
A conversion is the start. We’re built for what comes after.
Guided, not open-ended
A clear, structured process with everything you need to create defensible trusts, with attorney review still included.
Built for founders
QSBS is our speciality and we work with founders on exactly this. Our process is shaped around you and your unique situation.
One team through exit
We don’t stop at conversion. We’ll also set you up for QSBS and trust stacking, helping you protect your hard-earned equity when you exit.
Our Speciality
Go further with QSBS trust stacking
Promissory helps you structure your equity across multiple trusts so more of your gain can qualify for exclusion when a liquidity event happens.
