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Startup funding explained: If you're raising seed financing for your startup, chances are you're fundraising on a convertible instrument like a SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity). But there are different types of SAFEs that you can raise, the most common being the pre-money SAFE and post-money SAFE. What are the differences between the two? And how are they different from raising a priced funding round, like a Series A?

In this episode of NO FEAR EQUITY, we break down the basics of raising seed startup funding by discussing the differences between pre-money SAFEs and post-money SAFEs, as well as the pre-money and post-money valuations they refer to.

NO FEAR EQUITY is a presentation of Carta, the #1 equity management platform for startups and equity-funded companies. We have plenty of free resources to help startup founders plan their fundraise, manage their cap table, and prepare to issue equity to investors and employees. Check out some of our resources here:

🔷 Carta's Series A pitch deck: https://carta.com/blog/carta-series-a/
🔷 Carta's Series D pitch deck: https://carta.com/blog/carta-series-d...
🔷 Our free cap table template: https://carta.com/blog/cap-table-temp...
🔷 Our free board deck template: https://carta.com/blog/board-deck-tem...
🔷 What to look for in a 409A report: https://carta.com/blog/understanding-...

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00:00 Introduction
01:10 How valuations work
02:29 Valuation math
03:22 Pre-money SAFEs vs. post-money SAFEs
03:48 Pre-money SAFEs
05:10 Post-money SAFEs
07:15 Most common mistakes