There’s close to zero chance you can sell investors non-voting shares as an early-stage startup. There is non-voting equity that can convert into shares, but t

There’s close to zero chance you can sell investors non-voting shares as an early-stage startup. There is non-voting equity that can convert into shares, but they will certainly dilute you even if they don’t convert and those shares will almost always have voting rights. If you’re anywhere close to taking your company public, you should have attorneys that can help you with preparing for that and point you to whatever information you’re looking for. At the time of investment, good VCs typically don’t care about any one investment enough to put much effort into fleecing you. My experience is that good startups aren’t at any significant disadvantage in terms of attorneys. Just make sure to get a good one that has done a lot of financings.