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One of the great advantages of Y-Combinator's Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE), which is structured as a convertible loan in Switzerland, is its standardisation and simplicity. The following article is intended to explain the post-money SAFE and to demonstrate its advantages.

Since 2013, seed financings in the USA and Asia have often been conducted through a so-called Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE). This is a short standard contract in which an investor provides capital to a startup company and, in return, receives shares at a later date. This article describes the functioning of a SAFE and its implementation under Swiss law.

A Data Processing Agreement (DPA) is a legal agreement for companies that have personal data processed by or for third parties. Concluding a DPA is one of the requirements under data protection law. With a structured approach and the use of a suitable template, the obligation can be fulfilled with a reasonable amount of effort.

Have you ever scanned and emailed a contract after you've signed it? Or perhaps inserted a scan of your signature into a Word document? In the digital age, concluding contracts has become much easier. But are the contracts that are concluded in this way also legally binding?

Suddenly, you're on the verge of divorce and the question arises as to what will happen to the shares of the company you've built up over the last few years. In the event of divorce, two scenarios can occur in connection with the entrepreneur's shares.

In a recent ruling, the Federal Court addressed the tax classification of the proceeds from the sale of a minority stake in a company with mining rights in Guinea-Bissau by a taxpayer who was employed full-time (100% workload) in a salaried position.