Pre-seed founders: the capital you need is looking for you!
Total investment into pre-seed companies on SAFEs rose from 2021 to 2022. Basically the only segment of the market that saw real growth.
You can clearly see the giant jump in accepted SAFEs by Carta companies in the chart below. Some of this was the explosion of interest in angel investing (and some was Carta building a great workflow for sending and accepting SAFEs in our Launch product).
Given the SAFE is the default vehicle for angel investing (86% of pre-seed investing went thru SAFEs in Q4), this growth is most welcome.
Founders, be aware that conversions from SAFEs into equity can get a little tricky, especially if you've raised multiple "rounds" before your seed financing. You can always check out expected dilution for free at safes.carta.com
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