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Unintended Consequences: When SAFE and Convertible Notes Go Awry

Pascal's View

In contrast, there is limited benefit for being the 2 nd investor or the 10 th investor joining the syndicate of a priced round, so it is common for investors to wait to see “who else is involved”. The CEO/founder often has leeway to influence or negotiate the cap value (especially when the headline cap is softened by a discount).

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How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

Some angel investors join together in syndicates. If you get a call from a VCfirm, go to their web site and check whether the person you talkedto is a partner. Odds are it will be a junior person; they scourthe web looking for startups their bosses could invest in. So after this the option pool is down to 13.7%). [