03/08/2026
This book reproduces the entire text of Venture Capital Investment Model Agreements and places beneath every clause a block of practitioner commentary: what the clause does, why it exists, what each side wants, and where the negotiation usually lands.
It is written for transactional lawyers in any jurisdiction. No prior venture capital experience is assumed.
Link to download the book is in the comment section.
The model documents reproduced in this book are the work of the Singapore Academy of Law and the Singapore Venture & Private Capital Association and of the working groups of practitioners, investors and academics they convened. The venture ecosystem owes them a considerable debt. The commentary, and any errors in it, are the book's own.
This book is not a commercial publication. It is, simply, the study and considered commentary of the firm's lawyers on an exemplary suite of venture capital model agreements, written in the hope that the firm's own practice - and the wider legal community - will come to know these forms, understand them, and learn from them for work across different jurisdictions. The firm records its sincere thanks to the Singapore Academy of Law, the Singapore Venture & Private Capital Association, and the working-group members and contributors who drafted, maintain and freely publish the VIMA suite - a genuine public good for the venture ecosystem.
