YC SAFE Genie
A calculator for exploring the impact of SAFEs on founder ownership (YC exclusive).
Basic Cap Table
SAFEs issued before YCVC converts on a pre-money basis
| Principal | Valuation Cap | Converted Value | Ownership | ||||
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| $[[ safe.convertedDollarValue | number:0 ]] | [[ safe.ownership | number:2 ]]% | ||||||
| $[[ pre_ycvc_principal | number:0 ]] | $[[ pre_ycvc_convertedDollarValue | number:0 ]] | [[ pre_ycvc_ownership | number:2 ]]% | |||||
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YCVC SAFE non standard conversion
| Principal | Valuation Cap | Converted Value | Ownership | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $[[ ycvc_safe.convertedDollarValue | number:0 ]] | [[ ycvcsafe.ownership | number:2 ]]% |
SAFEs issued after YCVC converts on a pre-money basis
| Principal | Valuation Cap | Converted Value | Ownership | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $[[ safe.convertedDollarValue | number:0 ]] | [[ safe.ownership | number:2 ]]% | ||||||
| $[[ post_ycvc_principal | number:0 ]] | $[[ post_ycvc_convertedDollarValue | number:0 ]] | [[ post_ycvc_ownership | number:2 ]]% | |||||
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Share distribution after Series A: [[postmoney_shares | number]] shares
Resulting Ownership for a range of valuations at Series A
Click on the graph to change the pre-money valuation amount
Cumulative
Relative
Pre-Money Valuation
Pre-money shares
Pre-money outstanding shares
[[ premoney_shares_outstanding | number ]]
Options (post-money option pool options - already issued options)
+
[[ postmoney_option_pool_shares | number ]] - [[ premoney_options_available | number ]]
Non-YCVC SAFEs upon conversion
+
[[ converted_instruments_shares | number ]]
YCVC SAFE converted number of shares
+
[[ ycvc_safe.convertedValue | number ]]
Total pre-money shares
=
[[ premoney_shares_denominator | number ]] shares
Share Price & Pre-money Valuation
Pre-money valuation
$[[ premoney_valuation | number ]]
Total pre-money shares
/
[[ premoney_shares_denominator | number ]] shares
Share price
=
$[[ share_price | number:5 ]] / share
Series A Investment
New capital invested by YCC in this round based on pro-rata rights
$[[ ycc_value | number ]]
New capital invested by other investors in this round
+
$[[ investor_value | number ]]
Total new capital invested in this round
=
$[[ money_raised | number ]]
Share price
/
$[[ share_price | number:5 ]] / share
Total shares issued to Series A investors
=
[[ investor_shares + ycc_shares | number ]] shares
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