The Startup Shepherd provides legal services, coaching, and access to capital to help start-up companies. The firm provides a wide range of services, from merging companies together and spinning companies off from one another, advising on debt and equity from angel investors to venture capitalists to private equity, developing pro forma financial models, identifying new market opportunities, investor pitch preparation, and other operational, financial, and strategic initiatives. The firm was founded in 2014 and is based in Austin, Texas.