Best Founder

A small weekly letter on fundraising, secondaries and the deals behind early-stage companies.

Recent issues

Pricing a secondary when the last round was two years ago

Why the discount to the last preferred price is the least interesting number in the term sheet.

Pro-rata rights nobody exercises

What early angels actually do with their allocations, and how founders can plan around it.

SAFEs, caps and the conversion surprise

A worked example of three stacked SAFEs meeting a priced seed round.

When to say no to a strategic investor

Information rights, signalling, and the quiet cost of a corporate logo on the cap table.

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