StartGlobal

StartGlobal is an online platform through which entrepreneurs outside the United States can form a U.S. limited liability company and operate it remotely. Its one-time formation package covers a business name availability check, state filing with state fees included, the first year of registered agent service in the formation state, preparation of the federal business tax number application (available without a U.S. Social Security number), and guided help opening a U.S. business bank account through partners such as Mercury and Lili. The process is presented as fully online, with no U.S. visit, visa or SSN required, and filings available in any of the 50 states.

After formation, the company sells ongoing compliance services: registered agent renewal, preparation and filing of state annual or biennial reports, monthly bookkeeping with transactions categorized and reconciled, and annual federal tax filing for single- and multi-member LLCs including non-resident owner forms. These can be bought a la carte or bundled into a flat-priced "Managed LLC" subscription that also includes year-round compliance monitoring and priority support.

Beyond compliance, StartGlobal markets a set of operating tools it calls the StartGlobal Operating System: Team (a team messaging product positioned as a Slack alternative), Care (customer support software), Referrals (referral program management), Payments (invoicing and collections), a U.S. phone number, a U.S. mailing address, and an AI agent called Neo that categorizes transactions, tracks filing deadlines and answers tax and compliance questions. Team, Care and Referrals are included with Managed LLC; Payments, the phone number and the mailing address are separately priced. Customer support is offered via live chat in multiple languages including English, Spanish, Arabic, French and Portuguese, with a stated reply time within 24 hours.

Founding story

CEO Sanjay Nediyara lost 80% of his hearing in 2010 and faced repeated job rejections because he could not take client calls. He began with a $120/month programming job to learn to code, and by 2016 had a $120,000 job offer and an invitation from Facebook, but chose to build his own company instead. He met co-founder Sandeep Suresh while both studied Computer Science in college; the two had been friends for nearly two decades. In 2020 they reunited around a shared plan to apply technology to the people-heavy business formation, accounting and tax industry, with Sandeep bringing ten years of experience building large-scale banking systems at billion-dollar Indian companies.

Business model

StartGlobal sells business formation and ongoing compliance services directly to founders through its website, combining a one-time formation fee with recurring compliance subscriptions and add-on software products. It also partners with banking providers (Mercury, Lili) to help customers open U.S. business accounts.

One-time LLC formation fee of $399 with all state and government fees included; a la carte recurring compliance services starting at $99/year for registered agent and $299/year for the state annual report, with bookkeeping priced by transaction volume and federal tax filing priced by revenue; or a flat $149/month "Managed LLC" plan covering all ongoing services with no per-service charges or revenue tiers and no contract. Add-on products including StartGlobal Payments, a U.S. phone number and a U.S. mailing address are $9.99/month each.

Traction

The company reports more than 5,000 businesses started on the platform, customers in over 150 countries, and more than $1 billion in revenue generated by businesses using StartGlobal. It cites a 4.9/5 rating and states it is profitable.

Latest developments

The current site markets the StartGlobal Operating System bundle — Team, Care and Referrals included with the Managed LLC plan, plus separately priced Payments, U.S. phone number and U.S. mailing address products — and an AI agent, Neo, for transaction categorization, deadline tracking and tax and compliance questions.