Raise · Fundraising
Raising money? Know what you're promising.
SAFEs, notes and priced rounds create more than signed PDFs. Solvd is designed to connect the financing to company approvals, ownership context, investor rights and what the next round needs to remember.
Private-company financings involve securities laws and transaction-specific facts. Offering exemptions, filings and investor terms require company-specific review.
Direct answer
The financing document is not the whole round.
A startup round can touch the company's authorization, securities-law path, signed instruments, side letters, investor rights, cap table and future conversion or governance obligations. Solvd's fundraising pillar should start from “what are we raising?” and carry those connected facts forward after closing.
What Solvd handles
From early instruments through the first priced rounds.
SAFE financings
Execute a supported SAFE round with company-state, approval and continuing-rights context.
Convertible notes
Connect note terms, approvals and continuing obligations to the financing record.
Seed financings
Route the corporate, ownership and transaction work for supported early priced rounds.
Series A
Carry forward earlier SAFEs, notes, cap-table state and investor commitments into the priced-round workflow.
Investor rights
Keep relevant side-letter and financing rights available as context for later rounds.
Diligence readiness
Use the maintained company record so fundraising diligence is less of a reconstruction project.
Company-context proof
What you promised last round can change this one.
- Current cap-table / financing state connectedCompany context
- Existing signed financing rights need reviewPrior promises
- New SAFE / note / round terms proposedNew transaction
- Approval, filing and post-closing obligations route nextCarry forward
The instrument is only one part of the financing. The workflow should preserve what the company promised and what the next round must account for.
Before / Next
The round starts with company state and ends with continuing obligations.
Pricing
Current listed financing units.
SAFE / convertible-note rounds are $1,500. Priced rounds are quoted before work begins.
Founder questions
Use first-party SAFE education. Use company context for the transaction.
What legal work is involved in a SAFE round?
The instrument is only part of the legal work. A financing can also involve company authorization, securities-law exemption and notice analysis, side letters, investor rights, signature/closing records and cap-table or future-conversion effects.
Should we use a SAFE, convertible note or priced round?
That is a financing-structure decision, not a template question. The economics, maturity/interest, governance rights, investor expectations, tax/accounting consequences and company stage can matter. YC publishes current first-party SAFE forms and comparisons; Solvd’s job is to apply the choice to your company state.
Do SAFEs count as securities?
Startup financing instruments are subject to federal and potentially state securities laws. The specific offering must be registered or fit an available exemption; the correct exemption and filings depend on the transaction.
What happens to investor rights after signing?
Rights in SAFEs, side letters and financing documents can affect later financings. The product should keep those continuing obligations connected to the company record rather than treating signature as the end of the workflow.