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Common Paper

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Founded 2020Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Common Paper is a contracting platform that helps startups close deals with their customers faster and with less risk.

We create standard, open-source contracts for commercial transactions, including NDAs, DPAs, and sales agreements. These are analogous to the SAFE, but are between customers and vendors rather than investors and startups. The standardized format means that data within contracts is structured from inception.

We build software for managing standard contracts, accelerating sales cycles, and making the data within the contracts programmatically accessible to other business systems.

Tens of thousands of people have downloaded our standard contracts, and 63% of the contracts on our system close within 24 hours.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08
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Founders & team

Jake Stein

Founder

Jake Stein is co-founder and CEO of Common Paper. Previously, he was co-founder of RJMetrics (acquired by Magento, then Adobe) and Stitch (acquired by Talend). Before RJMetrics, Jake worked in venture capital, started a landscaping business in high school, and was the 44th ranked table tennis player under 21 in New Jersey; achievements of which he is equally proud.

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Founded 2020 · Source

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Website observationwebsite reachable
Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedPhiladelphia, PA, USA; Remote
Pricing evidenceNo pricing page confirmed
Maturity: Launched · 3 of 6 areas documented

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The company website offers product access through a trial, free start, app download, purchase, or onboarding with existing-account login. Customer adoption is not established by this evidence.

Company website: home Checked 2026-09-16

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