Acelera Law Celebrates Two years
Two years ago, we started providing solutions to ensure that Startups have an ‘accelerated’ and seamless ride from business ideation to actualization and growth. We represent startups, tech-based businesses, and their investors by providing solutions with our team’s seasoned experience in legal consulting, venture capital and start-up lawyering.
It's been two years of commitment to serving Startups in industries such as: Fintech, Healthtech, Edtech, Software-as-a-Service, Quality-as-a-Service and several other areas of the Startup ecosystem. We are happy to provide services to clients such as: Getequity, Sendbox, Risevest, Microtraction, Tuteria, Lemonade Finance, etc.
For the past two years, we’ve been helping startups and their investors avoid legal, governance and compliance pitfalls. We provide legal solutions to angel investors and venture investors, as well as early-stage or venture-financing stage startups. Now, we're renewing our commitment to prioritizing technical proficiency, attention to detail and creativity in developing practical solutions for clients.
TODAY IS ALSO OUR FOUNDER’S BIRTHDAY!
Happy Birthday, Chinyere! We sincerely love and appreciate your leadership and passion for providing legal needs to startups.
Your kind of boss is one of a kind and we can soar so high because you allow us to stand on your shoulders. You have redefined excellence for us and we are proud to call you our leader. Have an amazing year ahead!
We feel fulfilled, yet keen on doing more! Share your feedback and thoughts about our services. We’ll really love to hear from you
Thank you for journeying with us and we promise to uphold our commitment.
Here's to many more years!
With love from the Acelera Law team.
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