Shutting Down Your SaaS Company? We’ll Help You Do It Right
It doesn’t have to turn into a chaotic scramble of legal, technical, and compliance hurdles. Starcycle specializes in SaaS company dissolution services, guiding tech founders through every step with empathy and expertise.
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Shutting Down Your SaaS Company? We’ll Help You Do It Right
Closing your software business can feel like losing your dream.
It doesn’t have to turn into a chaotic scramble of legal, technical, and compliance hurdles. Starcycle specializes in SaaS company dissolution services, guiding tech founders through every step with empathy and expertise.
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Why Shutting Down a SaaS Company Is So Complex
Why Shutting Down a SaaS Company Is So Complex
Why Shutting Down a SaaS Company Is So Complex
Dissolving a tech or information‐sector business involves more than filing Articles of Dissolution. Rapid innovation, data‐privacy rules, and subscription models create layers of obligations that most founders never imagined at launch.
Here are the key complexities:
Intellectual Property Transfer
Intellectual Property Transfer
Intellectual Property Transfer
You need clear documentation to transfer or preserve patents, trademarks, and proprietary code without igniting a post-closure dispute.
You need clear documentation to transfer or preserve patents, trademarks, and proprietary code without igniting a post-closure dispute.
Data Privacy Compliance
Data Privacy Compliance
Data Privacy Compliance
Even after you stop selling, you must honor GDPR, CCPA, and other data-privacy obligations—deleting or exporting customer data securely and notifying regulators when required
Even after you stop selling, you must honor GDPR, CCPA, and other data-privacy obligations—deleting or exporting customer data securely and notifying regulators when required
Subscription Model Wind-Down
Subscription Model Wind-Down
Subscription Model Wind-Down
Terminating recurring billing, issuing refunds, and handling customer expectations demands a detailed SaaS subscription termination checklist so no one is left in limbo.
Technical Debt & Code Decommissioning
Technical Debt & Code Decommissioning
Technical Debt & Code Decommissioning
Unresolved bugs or security vulnerabilities can become legal liabilities. You must archive repositories, revoke API keys, and ensure your codebase is either handed off or properly retired.
Unresolved bugs or security vulnerabilities can become legal liabilities. You must archive repositories, revoke API keys, and ensure your codebase is either handed off or properly retired.
Digital Asset Management
Digital Asset Management
Digital Asset Management
From cryptocurrency holdings to NFTs and domain portfolios, digital asset wind-down services are essential to avoid losing value or breaching insolvency laws.
From cryptocurrency holdings to NFTs and domain portfolios, digital asset wind-down services are essential to avoid losing value or breaching insolvency laws.
Cross-Border Regulatory Considerations
Cross-Border Regulatory Considerations
Cross-Border Regulatory Considerations
International data transfers, export controls, and customer notifications vary by region—“closing shop” in one country doesn’t automatically relieve you elsewhere.
How Starcycle Supports SaaS & Tech Founders
How Starcycle Supports SaaS & Tech Founders
How Starcycle Supports SaaS & Tech Founders
Starcycle’s information sector dissolution support combines technical know-how and founder-first empathy. Our tailored services include:
Starcycle’s information sector dissolution support combines technical know-how and founder-first empathy. Our tailored services include:
Legal Filings & Entity Dissolution
Legal Filings & Entity Dissolution
Legal Filings & Entity Dissolution
We help guide you on your Articles of Dissolution, the dissolution of your tech LLC or corporation, and all required state and federal compliance documents to ensure your legal exit is airtight.
We help guide you on your Articles of Dissolution, the dissolution of your tech LLC or corporation, and all required state and federal compliance documents to ensure your legal exit is airtight.
Digital Asset Inventory & Transfer
Digital Asset Inventory & Transfer
Digital Asset Inventory & Transfer
We provide structure around organizing, documenting, and transferring digital assets like code, domains, and tokens—ensuring proper handling of everything from cloud repositories to cryptocurrency during insolvency or sale.
We provide structure around organizing, documenting, and transferring digital assets like code, domains, and tokens—ensuring proper handling of everything from cloud repositories to cryptocurrency during insolvency or sale.
Data Privacy & Compliance Wind-Down
Data Privacy & Compliance Wind-Down
Data Privacy & Compliance Wind-Down
We help you meet GDPR/CCPA requirements with secure data deletion or export, full audit trails, and the preparation of regulator and consumer notifications that close the loop cleanly.
We help you meet GDPR/CCPA requirements with secure data deletion or export, full audit trails, and the preparation of regulator and consumer notifications that close the loop cleanly.
Intellectual Property Preservation
Intellectual Property Preservation
Intellectual Property Preservation
We evaluate and provide a roadmap for transferring your IP portfolio—including patents, trademarks, and trade secrets—while ensuring open-source compliance and developing strategies for IP licensing or sale.
We evaluate and provide a roadmap for transferring your IP portfolio—including patents, trademarks, and trade secrets—while ensuring open-source compliance and developing strategies for IP licensing or sale.
Subscription & Billing Termination
Subscription & Billing Termination
Subscription & Billing Termination
We provide a personalized shutdown checklist for subscription platforms, manage final invoices and refunds, and help prevent surprise charges from lingering billing cycles.
We provide a personalized shutdown checklist for subscription platforms, manage final invoices and refunds, and help prevent surprise charges from lingering billing cycles.
Emotional & Reputational Guidance
Emotional & Reputational Guidance
Emotional & Reputational Guidance
We support your messaging with ready-made templates, press and LinkedIn strategy, and connections to founder communities—because how you close matters as much as how you start.
We support your messaging with ready-made templates, press and LinkedIn strategy, and connections to founder communities—because how you close matters as much as how you start.
What Happens if You Don’t Shut Down Your Tech Company Properly?
What Happens if You Don’t Shut Down Your Tech Company Properly?
What Happens if You Don’t Shut Down Your Tech Company Properly?
Forgetting a single step can expose you to fines, litigation, or personal liability—long after you’ve closed the codebase.
Forgetting a single step can expose you to fines, litigation, or personal liability—long after you’ve closed the codebase.
Regulatory Penalties
Regulatory Penalties
Regulatory Penalties
Don’t ignore GDPR or CCPA obligations; you may potentially experience fines ranging into six figures.
Don’t ignore GDPR or CCPA obligations; you may potentially experience fines ranging into six figures.
IP Disputes
IP Disputes
IP Disputes
When patents or copyrights aren’t formally reassigned, this leaves you entangled in legal claims.
When patents or copyrights aren’t formally reassigned, this leaves you entangled in legal claims.
Audit Risks
Audit Risks
Audit Risks
Tax authorities may be contacting you if final returns or digital-asset disclosures are incomplete.
Tax authorities may be contacting you if final returns or digital-asset disclosures are incomplete.
Subscription Liabilities
Subscription Liabilities
Subscription Liabilities
To get roped in for un-cancelled recurring billing, draining remaining assets.
To get roped in for un-cancelled recurring billing, draining remaining assets.
Reputational Damage
Reputational Damage
Reputational Damage
Ignoring responsibilities can stifle your next venture before it begins.
Ignoring responsibilities can stifle your next venture before it begins.
At Starcycle, we believe in closing with clarity and care—so none of these risks follow you forward.
What founders are saying
What founders are saying
What founders are saying
EdTech
Founder
EdTech
Founder
EdTech
Founder
The Starcycle team was a fantastic partner in helping us shut down some remaining state registrations. Any founder who has been through this process can attest that it’s not a fun experience, but Starcycle made it super easy and relieved our stress that had been building up.
The Starcycle team was a fantastic partner in helping us shut down some remaining state registrations. Any founder who has been through this process can attest that it’s not a fun experience, but Starcycle made it super easy and relieved our stress that had been building up.
MarTech
Founder
MarTech
Founder
MarTech
Founder
The flat fee and proactive support gave me confidence at every step. From catching a missed signature to jumping in on legal threads, Starcycle’s partnership made a challenging time much easier to navigate.
The flat fee and proactive support gave me confidence at every step. From catching a missed signature to jumping in on legal threads, Starcycle’s partnership made a challenging time much easier to navigate.
Climate Tech
Founder
Climate Tech
Founder
Climate Tech
Founder
Working with Starcycle saved me over $6,000 in legal fees and countless hours of effort. Their team clarified complex dissolution steps, provided clear timelines, and offered invaluable guidance for closing my Delaware corporation smoothly.
Working with Starcycle saved me over $6,000 in legal fees and countless hours of effort. Their team clarified complex dissolution steps, provided clear timelines, and offered invaluable guidance for closing my Delaware corporation smoothly.
Create your Starcycle Account
Create your Starcycle Account
Upload or Manually Add Your Documents
Upload or Manually Add Your Documents
Move Forward with a Custom Shutdown Plan
Move Forward with a Custom Shutdown Plan
Your Shutdown Journey, Simplified in 3 Steps
Your Shutdown Journey, Simplified in 3 Steps
You’ve handled everyone else’s business. Now we’ll help you handle your own.
You’ve handled everyone else’s business. Now we’ll help you handle your own.
Frequently Asked Questions About Shutting Down a SaaS Company
How do I dissolve a tech company with customer data in multiple regions?
You’ll need a region-by-region data-privacy wind-down plan, including customer notifications and secure data deletion protocols.
How do I dissolve a tech company with customer data in multiple regions?
You’ll need a region-by-region data-privacy wind-down plan, including customer notifications and secure data deletion protocols.
How do I dissolve a tech company with customer data in multiple regions?
You’ll need a region-by-region data-privacy wind-down plan, including customer notifications and secure data deletion protocols.
What happens to my software subscriptions after I close my LLC?
Recurring billing obligations may persist until you cancel each service (Stripe, PayPal, AWS, etc.). A detailed checklist prevents surprises.
What happens to my software subscriptions after I close my LLC?
Recurring billing obligations may persist until you cancel each service (Stripe, PayPal, AWS, etc.). A detailed checklist prevents surprises.
What happens to my software subscriptions after I close my LLC?
Recurring billing obligations may persist until you cancel each service (Stripe, PayPal, AWS, etc.). A detailed checklist prevents surprises.
Can I still monetize my patents after company dissolution?
Yes—proper IP preservation lets you license or sell patents. Starcycle can facilitate transfer documentation.
Can I still monetize my patents after company dissolution?
Yes—proper IP preservation lets you license or sell patents. Starcycle can facilitate transfer documentation.
Can I still monetize my patents after company dissolution?
Yes—proper IP preservation lets you license or sell patents. Starcycle can facilitate transfer documentation.
Do I need to notify GDPR authorities when dissolving my SaaS business?
If you hold EU citizen data, you must follow GDPR’s “right to erasure” or secure transfer rules and may need to inform your lead data-protection authority.
Do I need to notify GDPR authorities when dissolving my SaaS business?
If you hold EU citizen data, you must follow GDPR’s “right to erasure” or secure transfer rules and may need to inform your lead data-protection authority.
Do I need to notify GDPR authorities when dissolving my SaaS business?
If you hold EU citizen data, you must follow GDPR’s “right to erasure” or secure transfer rules and may need to inform your lead data-protection authority.
How long does the shutdown process take?
Most tech wind-downs complete in 4–8 weeks, depending on asset complexity and regulatory requirements.
How long does the shutdown process take?
Most tech wind-downs complete in 4–8 weeks, depending on asset complexity and regulatory requirements.
How long does the shutdown process take?
Most tech wind-downs complete in 4–8 weeks, depending on asset complexity and regulatory requirements.
Will closing my LLC protect me from future data-breach liability?
Formal dissolution, secure data deletion, and compliance documentation greatly reduce—but may not entirely eliminate—future liability. Always consult legal counsel.
Will closing my LLC protect me from future data-breach liability?
Formal dissolution, secure data deletion, and compliance documentation greatly reduce—but may not entirely eliminate—future liability. Always consult legal counsel.
Will closing my LLC protect me from future data-breach liability?
Formal dissolution, secure data deletion, and compliance documentation greatly reduce—but may not entirely eliminate—future liability. Always consult legal counsel.
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Shutting Down Your SaaS Company? We’ll Help You Do It Right
It doesn’t have to turn into a chaotic scramble of legal, technical, and compliance hurdles. Starcycle specializes in SaaS company dissolution services, guiding tech founders through every step with empathy and expertise.
Learn more