YC deal calculator
Set your SAFEs after Demo Day and your next priced round. See what YC's two SAFEs and the founders own when the SAFEs convert and after the round.
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The YC deal, from the batch to your next priced round
Northwind Labs joins YC with 9,000,000 founder shares and a pool of 1,000,000 shares. Set the rounds that come next.
After Demo Day, Northwind raises
SAFEs after Demo Day
The Series A
- YC's $125K SAFE
- 5.34%
- 7% when the SAFEs convert
- YC's MFN SAFE
- 0.95%
- 1.25% when the SAFEs convert
- YC in total
- 6.29%
- 8.25% when the SAFEs convert
- Founders
- 56.09%
- 73.58% when the SAFEs convert
1. When the SAFEs convert
- Founders
- Option pool
- YC
- Seed SAFE investors
2. After the Series A
- Founders
- Option pool
- YC
- Seed SAFE investors
- Series A investors
YC's MFN SAFE takes the $30M cap of your SAFEs: $375K ÷ $30M = 1.25%. So when the SAFEs convert, YC owns 8.25%, and the founders own 73.58%.
The Series A sells 20% of the company and increases the pool to 10%. These new shares dilute everyone, YC too. YC ends with 6.29%, and the founders end with 56.09%.