Essential Features of SAFE

Y Combinator

Raising funds during the early stage can be challenging and time-consuming for startups, but that’s when SAFE comes to the rescue. SAFE provides a way to raise capital in a relatively fast fashion, providing efficient and practical solution in funding phases that usually lack certainty. Y Combinator introduced SAFE as an alternative for convertible notes. … Read more Essential Features of SAFE

Vesting Acceleration: 5 factors a Company should consider

Equity compensation may prove to be the most significant compensation a startup grants its employees. In recent decades, thriving start-up businesses have benefitted hundreds of employees granted with equity based compensation. Employees in these start-ups typically agreed to work for lower salaries than those offered by established corporations, and in return were granted with a … Read more Vesting Acceleration: 5 factors a Company should consider

Five Things to Remember about Finders’ Agreements

Do you need to raise capital for your company? If you haven’t yet, you will probably soon be introduced to yet another link in the venture capital world food chain: “finders”. Finders usually come with the promise of saving you time and introducing you and your company to fast, available cash. While in some cases … Read more Five Things to Remember about Finders’ Agreements