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YC Safe Valuation Cap

Y Combinator's Post-Money SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) with a valuation cap and no discount. The most common early-stage investment instrument.

10 fields CC-BY-ND-4.0 Source: Y Combinator

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Fill the yc-safe-valuation-cap template for my company

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npx -y open-agreements@latest fill yc-safe-valuation-cap -d values.json -o output.docx

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-agreements": {
      "url": "https://openagreements.ai/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Fields (10)

Field Type Description
company_name string Full legal name of the company
investor_name string Full legal name of the investor
purchase_amount string Dollar amount of the investment (e.g., "100,000")
valuation_cap string Post-money valuation cap in dollars (e.g., "10,000,000")
date_of_safe date Date the SAFE is executed
state_of_incorporation string State where the company is incorporated (e.g., "Delaware")
governing_law_jurisdiction string State whose laws govern the agreement (e.g., "Delaware")
company string Company name as used in the signature block (typically matches company_name)
name string Name of the company signatory
title string Title of the company signatory (e.g., "CEO")

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