Phase 1 — Now · April 2026
S-01
Document all Kyouz IP as a PROXC LLC scheduled asset
$0
Now — Week 1No lawyer needed
One-page IP schedule listing all Kyouz assets: codebase, domains (kyouz.com, app.kyouz.com, business.kyouz.com), brand assets, App Store listing, GitHub repos. Signed by Waleed as PROXC LLC owner. Creates a clear paper trail for the future IP assignment.
S-02
File Kyouz trademark application — USPTO TEAS
$250–$350
Pre-launch · Week 2Self-file via USPTO
File for "Kyouz" in Class 42 (SaaS / software services). Use USPTO TEAS Plus online system — no lawyer needed at this stage. Filing fee is $250 per class. Must file before public launch — once the app is live anyone can file on your name.
Milestone — Kyouz Live + First Revenue · Q2 2026
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Kyouz goes live — first paying customer
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MilestoneTriggers all post-revenue steps
Everything below this line is triggered by first revenue. B-001 through B-005 are the go-live prerequisites (Stripe keys, webhook, pricing, Railway deploy). App Store submission follows immediately after.
Phase 2 — Post-Revenue · Q2–Q3 2026
S-03
Incorporate Kyouz Inc. — Delaware C-Corp
$500–$800
Post-revenue · Q2–Q3 2026
Delaware filing fee ~$89 + registered agent ~$50/yr + attorney for incorporation docs. Delaware C-Corp is required by institutional investors. Takes 1–2 weeks. Do this before signing any significant customer contracts or hiring employees.
S-04
IP assignment — PROXC LLC → Kyouz Inc.
$1,500–$3,000
Post-revenue · Q2–Q3 2026
Attorney drafts IP assignment agreement transferring all Kyouz assets from PROXC LLC to Kyouz Inc. Simple and routine if done before external investors or significant customer contracts. The S-01 IP schedule makes this clean and fast — all assets are already documented.
S-05
Incorporate Habken Group Inc. — Delaware C-Corp
$500–$800
Post-revenue · Q3 2026
The investable portfolio vehicle. VCs who want exposure to the full portfolio write checks here. Habken (holding) sits above this and is never investable. Habken Group Inc. owns stakes in all child companies.
Phase 3 — Pre-First-Round · Q3–Q4 2026
S-06
Subsidiary structure + cap tables under Habken Group
$3,000–$6,000
Pre-first-round · Q3–Q4 2026
Attorney structures the intercompany ownership relationships, shareholder agreements, and cap tables. Each child company gets its own cap table with its own stock option pool. Investors can enter at portfolio level (Habken Group) or product level (individual companies) independently.
S-07
Patent provisional — industry-adaptive queue system
$2,000–$4,000
Before public launch · Q2 2026HIGH URGENCY
File before Kyouz goes public — US 12-month grace period applies but Europe has zero grace period. Attorney + USPTO filing. Buys 12-month "patent pending" status. Primary candidate: the industry-adaptive queue system (single platform dynamically reconfigures per industry). Secondary: 3-layer entitlement architecture, Live Activity + WebSocket sync.
Phase 4 — Per Product · Q4 2026 Onwards
S-08
Each additional product → own Delaware C-Corp
$500–$800 each
Per product · Q4 2026+
As each product matures and approaches its first external investment or significant revenue, incorporate it as its own Delaware C-Corp under Habken Group. Order of priority based on product maturity: BizScan-AI → TheAdvanced → LnDID → LnD Arena → BCM → PROXC (restructure from LLC to Corp if needed).
∞
Registered agent + state fees per entity
$500–$1,000/yr
Ongoing · per entity per year
Annual cost per Delaware C-Corp: registered agent (~$50–$300/yr), Delaware franchise tax ($175–$350/yr depending on authorised shares), state filing fees. Budget ~$500–$1,000 per entity per year at scale.
Target Structure (Post-Round)
Legal entity hierarchy
Waleed (founder — 100% ownership at top)
└── Habken (holding — not investable, no operations)
└── Habken Group Inc. (Delaware C-Corp — portfolio investment vehicle)
├── Kyouz Inc. (Delaware C-Corp)
├── PROXC (LLC or restructured C-Corp)
├── TheAdvanced Inc. (Delaware C-Corp)
├── LnDID Inc. (Delaware C-Corp)
├── LnD Arena Inc. (Delaware C-Corp)
└── BCM Inc. (Delaware C-Corp — name TBD)
Investment routes: VCs → Habken Group (portfolio) or → individual companies (product-level)