Seed Labs can launch a deal the same day you request it. Four blockers typically slow things downstream
If you keep those items ready and respond quickly to follow-ups, you can expect to go live within hours of a business day.
The Seed Labs team, documents, and product workflows are built for rapid turnaround. Once we have a requested deal and clearance from the IRS, we can take the vehicle live immediately.
Every deal has a Manager who ultimately directs the vehicle and is its fiduciary. Expect an email from our Know-Your-Customer (KYC) partner, KS, with a short questionnaire and requests for identifying documents.
What to do: Complete that flow as soon as it hits your inbox and be responsive if we need clarifications (for example, if your government ID is blurry, or your address changed). The fastest launches happen when leads reply within minutes, not days.
Simple investments typically need only a lightweight review of the proposed investment. Investments into pass-through entities (e.g., an investment into a passthrough entity that will itself invest in other assets), structured secondaries, credit deals, or anything with layered entities require extra diligence so that we understand the flow of funds and beneficiaries.
What to do: Share the full stack of documents—organization charts, subscription agreements, waterfall models, etc.—up front. When our compliance team already has these artifacts, we can sign off without a prolonged back-and-forth. All the information required is laid out in the deal request process.
Each deal is its own legal entity, which means we must obtain an Employer Identification Number (EIN) directly from the IRS. Seed Labs performs this request on your behalf. The IRS issues EINs by phone and through an internal service that is only open during the following hours:
We cannot formally launch a deal until that EIN is assigned.
What to do: Plan around the IRS window. If you want Monday market hours availability, send the request by Friday with every prerequisite cleared so we can make the request as soon as the IRs re-opens.
Every deal gets its own dedicated bank account. For most deals, the account is opened quickly and does not gate the launch. However, certain deals may trigger enhanced diligence from the banking partner—for example, deals involving foreign entities, complex fund structures, or unusually large initial wires. In those cases, the bank account must be fully opened before the deal can go live, and the additional review can add time.
What to do: If you know your deal involves any characteristics that might prompt extra banking scrutiny, flag that early in the deal request process. Providing supporting documentation up front—such as source-of-funds letters, entity formation documents, or organizational charts—helps the banking partner clear the account faster.
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