Your company-build, step by step. We track the system steps; you check off your own.
We file your Certificate of Incorporation in Delaware through Clerky (attorney-grade docs). In Phase 1 the reef ops team runs this for you behind the glass.
Your federal Employer Identification Number — required for banking, payroll, and taxes. Secured via the formation flow once the entity exists.
We hand you a pre-filled Mercury application. KYC is completed directly with the bank — reef never stores your SSN (Portal §6).
Capture your founder equity and ownership. Founder-initiated in Phase 1; the automated handoff is gated on reef's SOC 2 (Portal §6).
Critical and time-sensitive: an 83(b) election must be filed with the IRS within 30 DAYS of your stock issuance. Missing it can create a large future tax bill. See the guide before filing.
Every design is screened for sequences of concern before it can move to synthesis or a CRO. This gate is non-bypassable — it is what makes building on reef responsible (LP §2).
Secure your company domain so you can set up email and a site.
The fundamentals of building a biotech company — taught in reef Learning. Links out rather than duplicating content (Portal §5).
Use the reef business-plan template to capture your thesis, market, and milestones.
Map competitors, adjacent players, and where you win. Follow the competitive-intelligence guide.
Assemble your fundraising narrative from the reef pitch-deck template.
Stand up your chart of accounts so your books are clean from day one.