Your idea is the company. Protect it from day one.
Etched gives founders an investor-grade, dispute-ready record of every idea, prototype, contributor and pivot — so the IP you're building is always defensible.
The hardest IP questions arrive at the worst times.
A co-founder leaves. A contractor disputes ownership. An acquirer asks for a chain-of-custody. A competitor ships something suspiciously similar. Etched makes sure you have the answer ready.
Evidence from idea zero
Capture your earliest notes, sketches, decks and prototypes with verifiable timestamps.
Pivot-proof history
Every iteration, rename and pivot is preserved — so the story of your IP is intact.
Co-founder & contractor clarity
Show exactly who built what, when freelancers or co-founders contributed, and on what terms.
Trade secret control
Permissioned workspaces with access logs — defensible reasonable steps from day one.
Investor-grade diligence
Hand over a clean evidence pack at any round, M&A discussion or partnership.
1-click etching
Drop a file. We hash it, anchor it to blockchain, and give you a verifiable certificate.
From sketch to Series B.
Lock down the spark
Etch napkin notes, decks, naming exploration and concept boards before anyone else sees them.
Track the build
Capture commits, design files, copy, and contractor outputs as a continuous timeline.
Ship with proof
Stamp final assets and marketing — protect against copycats from day one.
Open the data room
Export an evidence pack for investors, acquirers or counsel in a single click.
A data room that builds itself.
Investors and acquirers ask the same questions: who built it, when, and can you prove it? Etched answers all three — automatically — with exportable evidence packs.
- Contributor records across founders, employees and contractors
- Version history for every asset, file and document
- Permissioned, revocable sharing with auditors and counsel
- Timestamped certificates anchored to blockchain
Start with your next file.
Founders move fast. So does Etched — drop a file, get a verifiable timestamp in seconds.
"As a start-up building at the intersection of property and AI, having confidence in how we protect and manage our intellectual property is incredibly important. Etched has given us exactly that. Knowing our documents are securely time-stamped, independently verified, and protected provides real peace of mind as we continue to grow."
Pricing that scales with your startup.
From your first napkin sketch to a Series B data room, Etched gives founders and startup teams a defensible, investor-ready record of every idea, asset and contributor.
Starter
For founders validating an idea
- 1 organisation
- 1 workspace · 1 member
- 5 etches lifetime
- 500MB active storage
- Max file size 100 MB
- 5 folders
- 1 share links (1 downloads each)
Pro
For solo founders or start-up
- 1 organisations
- 10 workspaces · up to 5 members
- 200 etches per month
- 50GB active storage
- 1GB max file size
- 20 versions per etch
- Unlimited folders
- 50 share links / month · 25 downloads each
- API keys × 3
Studio
For teams and collaboration
- 3 organisations
- 20 workspaces · up to 10 members
- 500 etches per month
- 300 GB active storage
- 3 GB max file size
- 50 versions per etch
- 200 share links · 50 downloads each
- API keys × 10
- App and sync box
- Priority support
Enterprise
For larger organisation
- Up to 100 members
- 1,000 etches per month
- Unlimited organisations & workspaces
- 2 TB active storage
- 10 GB max file size
- Up to 100 versions per etch
- Unlimited share links
- 1 TB archive restore per month
- Compliance layer & partner workflows
- API keys × unlimited
- App and sync box
- Dedicated onboarding
After Starter limits are reached, the workspace becomes read-only. Yearly billing saves 15%.