The price of every stage is already on this site, so a first call is about fit — not a pitch.
For entrepreneurs outside the United States
Keystone Bridge sets up your U.S. entity, real U.S. address, ITIN, and credit — the foundation — then helps you acquire and scale cash-flowing U.S. businesses and, when you're ready, build the international footprint to match — with a travel-rewards layer funded by the credit you've built. One ladder, three tiers, fourteen stages, everything in your own name from day one.
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How Keystone works
Most firms sell you a company and stop. We treat the company as step one of a longer climb — from getting established, to owning real assets, to a life funded by what you've built.
Entity, ITIN, a real leased address, banking, and U.S. credit — all in your own name. The done-for-you base that passes bank KYC and makes everything after it possible.
Business credit, faster funding, an acquisition of a cash-flowing U.S. business, scaling on leverage, and a global footprint. Where margin and real wealth compound.
The credit and card points your business now generates turn into business-class flights, five-star stays, and elite status — expertly executed, earned in the open, on spend you're already making.
The full ladder
Each stage stands alone with its own public price. Most people start at the Foundation and climb as far as they want. Nothing is hidden until later — including how the travel rewards are earned.
Why the ladder matters
The formation market is crowded and cheap. What no one connects is the full route — company, to credit, to actually owning a U.S. business. That connection is the whole point of Keystone.
| Capability | Commodity formation (doola, Firstbase, Stripe Atlas) | ITIN & credit shops | Shelf-corp / signer shops | Keystone Bridge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. entity formation | Yes | Some | Aged shells | Yes |
| ITIN done-for-you | Limited / add-on | Yes | No | Yes |
| Real leased U.S. address (bank-ready) | No — mailbox only | No | Varies | Yes |
| Real U.S. credit that reports (own name) | Limited | Varies | Borrowed score | Yes — in your name |
| Buy-side acquisition advisory | No | No | No | Yes |
| Global residency & structure | No | No | No | Yes |
| Equity partnership to a real exit | No | No | No | Yes |
| Built to survive a bank looking closely | — | — | No | Yes |
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Risk disclosure
Government timelines slip. Credit outcomes vary. Deals fall through. If any of that would surprise you later, we've failed you — so we lead with it.
Questions
No. Most clients start with the Foundation — company, address, ITIN, and credit — and many stop there, which is a complete outcome on its own. The acquisition, scale, and global-footprint stages are there when you're ready, not a requirement. You climb as far as you want.
It's a genuine leased street address with a lease agreement and, in the full tier, a utility bill — not a PO box or CMRA mailbox. That matters because many banks and fintechs (Brex, Ramp, and others) reject virtual addresses in their checks. A real leased address passes where a mailbox fails. We still can't guarantee any one specific bank, and we tell you that plainly.
Recent policy means ITINs are no longer automatically connected to your credit file. If you've been building credit under your ITIN, a manual certified request to Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion is now required, or your accounts may not report at all. We prepare and submit those certified letters and follow up after 30 days.
No. Aged shelf corporations borrow a false operating history, and nominee "credit partner" signers put a stranger's credit on your account as if they control the business. Both only work until a bank or lender looks closely — and they do look: a registration date with no trading history, no bank record, and no filings behind it doesn't survive underwriting. Everything we build is real and in your own name — including the faster, honest route to funding: the Funding Accelerator. That's the whole point of the brand.
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If your Amex card was issued by American Express directly — not by a local bank under licence — your U.S. credit build is months faster through Global Transfer. Type your country to see your path, the issuer question, and where we'd start.