In today’s venture market, early startup fundraising happens increasingly through SAFEs and Convertible Notes. But these funding routes make it difficult for pre-seed founders to know what’s really happening in the market around them.
Watch the recording of Peter Walker, Carta’s Head of Insights, along with Jeff Becker, General Partner at Antler and Haley Bryant, Principal at Hustle Fund, as they dive into data from thousands of SAFE and Note raises in the most recent quarter. They touch on valuation caps, fundraise amounts, common SAFE terms, and the most surprising trends from the beginning of the startup fundraising journey.