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Chris Messina

Carta SAFE Calculator - Calculate your future dilution in just a few clicks

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Early stage fundraising is hard. Understanding any long-term repercussions make it easier.
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Introducing the Carta SAFE Calculator.
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In just a few clicks you can:
-Calculate your future dilution
-Compare the impact of pre vs. post money SAFEs

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Reed McBride
Maker
Problem: Many founders don’t fully understand the terms or potential impact of notes or SAFEs until they convert in a priced round. These impacts—such as additional dilution to a founder—can be material, and unfortunately at that point their conversion terms are generally set in stone. Solution: While notes and SAFEs can be a great solution for founders, it’s important to understand the potential future impact before fundraising. That’s why we’re thrilled to debut the Carta SAFE Calculator here: https://safes.carta.com/?utm_cam... Our SAFE Calculator will help you understand the potential dilutive impact of pre-money SAFEs, post-money SAFEs (aka YC SAFEs), and notes once they convert in a future priced round. You can set up your model in seconds and run as many scenarios as you’d like—all you need are a few inputs: - A few numbers from your current cap table, including your current holdings and the company’s current fully diluted share total - Any number of notes or SAFEs (in any mix you like) - Figures for a prospective future fundraise From there, the calculator will reveal a range of outcomes, modeling how ownership in your company may be distributed across a range of priced round valuations. Try the free Carta SAFE Calculator here: https://safes.carta.com/?utm_cam... And if you’d like similar free tools and more, sign up for CARTA LAUNCH here: https://carta.com/private-compan... (Just learning about SAFEs for startup fundraising? Watch our new explainer video here:
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Jordan Topoleski
This is extremely useful and best-in-class for dilution calculation from my POV. Especially the ability to see dilution on an individual founder level as well as overall. I’ve been a big fan of Carta for a while, and seeing them continue to add great features like this leaves me a very happy customer (with a pretty huge NPS 😆). Keep up the great work!
Reed McBride
Maker
@jordan_topoleski thanks for sharing. We recently added automated SAFE financings (https://carta.com/blog/safes-now...) and live market data (in-app) for pre-seed, seed, and Series A raises, too!
Ryan Hoover
I've forwarded this tool by SmartAsset to many founders to calculate their long term dilution, but Carta's looks cleaner and easier to use. cc @vedika_jain
Reed McBride
Maker
@vedika_jain @rrhoover If you use the in-app version of this tool, it will pull in your live ownership data, as well.
Jack Davis
I just finished watching a video from Y Combinator where Kirsty Nathoo was talking about dilution and I was thinking someone should invent something to help founders. This product seems like a great solution!
Reed McBride
Maker
@jack_davis7 thanks for sharing! YC's team has given us a lot of great feedback on this tool. You can even create and issue a YC post-money Safe directly on Carta.
Andrew Parker❗️
I've been making pro forma cap tables by hand in excel for over a decade, and this product is a much better way forward.
Reed McBride
Maker
@andrewparker Thanks, Andrew!
Chris Messina
Top Hunter
Hunter
Ooo this looks super useful!
Benoit Chambon
Very interesting tool for core teams! Thanks for sharing guys!