API · Manage · Equity
Create a side letter.
Issue an investor side letter granting individual rights beyond the standard round/SAFE terms. Attaches to a parent (Convertible, Round, or CorporateTransaction). The platform generates the side-letter document, opens a SigningEnvelope, and on execution mirrors the structured rights onto the parent's queryable governance fields.
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Request Body
application/json
TypeScript Definitions
Use the request body type in TypeScript.
parentobjectRequiredkindstringRequiredOne of
"convertible""round""corporate_transaction"idstringRequiredinvestor_stakeholder_idstringRequiredclausesarray<object>RequiredResponse Body
application/json
application/problem+json
Request
curl -X POST "https://api.mattermode.com/v1/entities/{id}/side_letters" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "parent": { "kind": "convertible", "id": "string" }, "investor_stakeholder_id": "string", "clauses": [ {} ] }'const body = JSON.stringify({ "parent": { "kind": "convertible", "id": "string" }, "investor_stakeholder_id": "string", "clauses": [ {} ]})fetch("https://api.mattermode.com/v1/entities/{id}/side_letters", { method: "POST", headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" }, body})package mainimport ( "fmt" "net/http" "io/ioutil" "strings")func main() { url := "https://api.mattermode.com/v1/entities/{id}/side_letters" body := strings.NewReader(`{ "parent": { "kind": "convertible", "id": "string" }, "investor_stakeholder_id": "string", "clauses": [ {} ] }`) req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, body) req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json") res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req) defer res.Body.Close() body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body) fmt.Println(res) fmt.Println(string(body))}import requestsheaders = { "Authorization": "Bearer sk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc", "Matter-Version": "2026-06-10", "Idempotency-Key": "ee7c3a9b-3f1a-4d8e-9b2a-7c5e1f0a2d4b",}payload = { "parent": { "kind": "convertible", "id": "example" }, "investor_stakeholder_id": "example", "clauses": [ {} ]}resp = requests.post( "https://api.mattermode.com/v1/entities/ent_Nq3KcAbc/side_letters", headers=headers, json=payload,)resp.raise_for_status()print(resp.json())import java.net.URI;import java.net.http.HttpClient;import java.net.http.HttpRequest;import java.net.http.HttpResponse;import java.net.http.HttpResponse.BodyHandlers;import java.time.Duration;import java.net.http.HttpRequest.BodyPublishers;var body = BodyPublishers.ofString("""{ "parent": { "kind": "convertible", "id": "string" }, "investor_stakeholder_id": "string", "clauses": [ {} ]}""");HttpClient client = HttpClient.newBuilder() .connectTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(10)) .build();HttpRequest.Builder requestBuilder = HttpRequest.newBuilder() .uri(URI.create("https://api.mattermode.com/v1/entities/{id}/side_letters")) .header("Content-Type", "application/json") .POST(body) .build();try { HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(requestBuilder.build(), BodyHandlers.ofString()); System.out.println("Status code: " + response.statusCode()); System.out.println("Response body: " + response.body());} catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace();}using System;using System.Net.Http;using System.Text;var body = new StringContent("""{ "parent": { "kind": "convertible", "id": "string" }, "investor_stakeholder_id": "string", "clauses": [ {} ]}""", Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");var client = new HttpClient();var response = await client.PostAsync("https://api.mattermode.com/v1/entities/{id}/side_letters", body);var responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();curl --request POST 'https://api.mattermode.com/v1/entities/ent_Nq3KcAbc/side_letters' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer sk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc' \ --header 'Matter-Version: 2026-06-10' \ --header 'Idempotency-Key: ee7c3a9b-3f1a-4d8e-9b2a-7c5e1f0a2d4b' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "parent": { "kind": "convertible", "id": "example" }, "investor_stakeholder_id": "example", "clauses": [ {} ]}'const response = await fetch("https://api.mattermode.com/v1/entities/ent_Nq3KcAbc/side_letters", { method: "POST", headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer sk_test_4eC39HqLyjWDarjtT1zdp7dc", "Matter-Version": "2026-06-10", "Idempotency-Key": "ee7c3a9b-3f1a-4d8e-9b2a-7c5e1f0a2d4b", "Content-Type": "application/json", }, body: JSON.stringify({ "parent": { "kind": "convertible", "id": "example" }, "investor_stakeholder_id": "example", "clauses": [ {} ] }),});if (!response.ok) { throw new Error(`Matter API ${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);}const data = await response.json();console.log(data);Response
application/json{
"id": "string",
"object": "side_letter",
"entity_id": "string",
"parent": {
"kind": "convertible",
"id": "string"
},
"investor_stakeholder_id": "string",
"clauses": [
{
"kind": "information_rights",
"information_rights": {
"financial_statements_frequency": "monthly",
"budget_required": false,
"notice_period_days": 0
},
"board_observer": {
"observer_stakeholder_id": "string",
"has_committee_observation": false,
"expires_on_dilution_below_percent": 0
},
"mfn": {
"scope": "economic_terms",
"window_months": 0
},
"pro_rata_rights": {
"participation_threshold_percent": 0,
"applies_to_share_class_ids": [
"string"
]
},
"registration_rights": {
"demand_count": 0,
"piggyback": true,
"s3_demands_per_year": 0
},
"redemption_rights": {
"earliest_demand_date": "2019-08-24",
"redemption_price_basis": "original_purchase_price"
},
"transfer_restriction_waiver": {
"applies_to_restrictions": [
"rofr"
],
"waiver_scope": "permanent"
},
"custom": {}
}
],
"document_id": "string",
"envelope_id": "string",
"signed_at": 0,
"status": "draft",
"terminated_at": 0,
"metadata": {
"customer_id": "cus_7Hpx9WxY",
"portfolio_tag": "y-combinator-w26"
},
"created": 0,
"updated": 0,
"livemode": true
}{
"type": "https://mattermode.com/docs/errors/invalid_request",
"title": "Invalid request",
"status": 400,
"code": "invalid_request",
"detail": "Request body could not be parsed as JSON.",
"doc_url": "https://mattermode.com/docs/guides/errors#invalid_request",
"request_id": "req_Qw9xYz8A"
}