Fundraising
Issue post-money SAFEs to investors and track every issuance in one place.
When an investor wants to back your venture, you don't need a law firm to paper the deal. The Fundraising section lets you issue post-money SAFEs directly, with the money settling to your venture treasury.
What's a post-money SAFE?
A SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) is the standard early-stage fundraising instrument. The investor puts money in now; they get ownership later, when you raise a priced round or sell. "Post-money" means the investor's percentage is fixed at signing — they know exactly what they're buying, and you know exactly what you're giving up.
If you've raised on Y Combinator's SAFE before, this is the same instrument. The difference is where it lives: attached to your venture's tamper-proof records instead of a folder of PDFs.
Issue a SAFE
- Open Fundraising and start a new SAFE issuance.
- Enter the investor's details, the investment amount, and the post-money valuation cap (plus a discount, if you're offering one).
- Send it to the investor. They review and sign.
- The investor sends funds. Funds settle to your venture's treasury wallet — not to any individual.
Once settled, the issuance appears in your SAFE issuances list, and your Cap Table under Finance reflects the new commitment automatically.
Tracking issuances
The issuances list is your single source of truth for the raise: who invested, how much, at what cap, and when it settled. When you later incorporate, this record carries over — your lawyer gets a clean, verifiable history instead of a shoebox of documents.
Know your investor
Fundraising is regulated in most places. Entity.ID gives you the instrument and the record-keeping, but who you can raise from (accredited investors, friends and family, the public) depends on your jurisdiction. When in doubt, ask a professional before you take outside money.
Next steps
- Treasury — where the money lands
- Incorporating your venture — when investors want a Delaware C-Corp