YC Partner Kirsty Nathoo gives the lowdown on several different ways to capitalize your company and how those impact founder equity and cap tables overall.
Transcript and lecture slides here: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6m-understanding-safes-and-priced-equity-rounds
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Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) -
00:00 Introduction
3:53 SAFEs
10:15 Post-money SAFEs
14:35 Dilution
22:40 Priced rounds
27:44 Priced round dilution math
41:07 Top tips
42:48 Don't over-optimize
44:08 Conclusion