# Fund Raising
- Rounds
- 4Fs (Friends, families, fools, ...)
- Angel
- Seed
- Series A ([[vc|Venture Capital]])
- Series B
- ...
- Raising fund affects the [[cap-table|Cap Table]]
- "Simple Agreement for Future Equity" (= SAFE) by Y Combinator
- Discounts
- Valuation Caps
- Most-Favored Nation Provisions
- Pro-Rata Rights
- Best things about SAFE - everyone agrees on "how much the company worth"
- Priced Round (Seed Round)
- Priced = SAFE converts
- Discount of SAFE happens here
- When VC gives $M for X% of company...
- $M deposited into company account
- VC gets new shares equal to X% of new total.
- i.e. _post-money valuation_
- [[stock-option|Stock Option]]