Legal
Terms of service
Last updated: April 2026
What Broke Founders is
Broke Founders is a platform where builders find each other, agree on equity splits, and build things together. We provide the tools to declare a project, scope the work, connect the people, and record the agreement. We do not employ anyone. We do not manage the work. We are the noticeboard, not the general contractor.
When you use this platform, you are building a team and entering into agreements with other people — not with us.
User responsibilities
You are responsible for being honest about your skills. You are responsible for the commitments you make when joining a seed. You are responsible for communicating with your team when things change.
We do not tolerate bad faith behaviour: ghosting after signing, deliberately misrepresenting your skills, or using the platform to mine contacts with no intent to build.
We reserve the right to archive or remove accounts that repeatedly harm other builders.
Equity agreements — an honest disclaimer
We are not lawyers. Nothing on this platform constitutes legal advice.
The equity agreements generated here are statements of intent between builders. They are not legally binding contracts unless you take them to a lawyer and make them so. If your seed becomes something worth arguing about, you will need a proper legal structure — a registered company, a shareholders agreement, a lawyer. Broke Founders does not provide or replace any of that.
The agreements are a starting point and a record. What you do with them is up to you.
GitHub integration
When you connect your GitHub account, we request repo-level access to automate branch creation and collaborator invites. We do not read your private repositories beyond what is necessary for those automations. We do not store your code. We do not index or expose your private repositories.
You can revoke our GitHub access at any time from your GitHub settings. Doing so will only stop future automations — it will not remove branches or collaborators already created.
Data we store
We store: your GitHub username, display name, email address, avatar URL, contribution history, and seed activity. We store OAuth tokens to enable GitHub automations on your behalf. We store messages and updates posted within seeds.
We do not sell your data. We do not use it for advertising. We use it to run the platform.
Payments
Seed creation fees are processed by PayPal or Binance Pay. We do not store payment card details. Once a payment is confirmed, it is non-refundable — you are paying for the seed listing, not a guarantee of outcomes.
Contact
If you have a question, a complaint, or you want to delete your account, email us. We are a small team and we will respond like humans.