Common Paper

Common Paper, founded by Jake Stein and Benjamin Garvey, operates out of Philadelphia, PA, with a remote-first approach and a team size of nine. This B2B company focuses on the sales sub-industry and offers solutions to streamline and accelerate sales cycles through standardized, open-source contracts such as NDAs, DPAs, and sales agreements. Their products include a SaaS Agreement Toolkit, a Cloud Service Agreement, and software for managing standard contracts, which makes contract data accessible to other business systems. Common Paper’s platform has facilitated the download of thousands of standard contracts, with 63% of contracts closing within 24 hours. The company is part of the Y Combinator W23 batch and has raised $4.5 million in seed funding from investors like Boldstart, Uncork Capital, and Y Combinator. Common Paper also maintains a blog, offers API documentation, and provides resources like a Language Library and a Committee page to support users. Trusted by companies such as Dagster and Mercury, Common Paper aims to help startups close deals faster and with less risk.