Free Pre-Seed & Seed Funding Templates
Pre-Seed & Seed Funding: 17 free templates to browse without an account, then edit with an AI agent and e-sign in GitLaw.
These documents facilitate early-stage capital injections through instruments like the Simple Agreement for Future Equity with post-money valuation cap and the BSA AIR investment agreement. They cover financing structures for startups in Singapore, Canada, France, and the United States. Series A or later venture capital rounds fall under Private Equity instead.
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SAFE: Discount, no Valuation Cap (US) by Y Combinator
This Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) provides an investor with the right to future shares in a company based on a specified Discount Rate, without a valuation cap. It is designed for early-stage startup funding in the United States.
Updated 13 Aug 2026
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Pro Rata Side Letter (US) by Y Combinator
This agreement grants an investor the right to maintain their percentage ownership in a company by purchasing a pro rata share of stock during future equity financing rounds. It is used alongside a Y Combinator Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) with a post-money valuation cap. The right terminates automatically upon the closing of an equity financing, a liquidity event, or a company dissolution.
Updated 13 Aug 2026
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SAFE: MFN, No Valuation Cap, No Discount (US) by Y Combinator
This Y Combinator SAFE grants an investor the right to future equity in a company without a valuation cap or discount, featuring a Most Favored Nations (MFN) clause. It is used for early-stage startup funding where the investor's SAFE will convert to preferred stock during a subsequent equity financing round.
Updated 13 Aug 2026
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SAFE: Valuation Cap, No Discount (US) by Y Combinator
This Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) provides an investor with the right to future shares in a company based on a fixed post-money valuation cap without a discount rate. It converts the purchase amount into equity during a future financing round or entitles the investor to proceeds during a liquidity event.
Updated 13 Aug 2026
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Safe: Valuation Cap, No Discount (Canada) by Y Combinator
This SAFE is a post-money valuation cap investment instrument adapted for Canadian companies. It allows an Investor to provide a Purchase Amount in exchange for future equity rights without a discount rate.
Updated 13 Aug 2026
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SAFE Agreement - $250k Angel Investment
The Y Combinator SAFE: Valuation Cap, No Discount (US) is designed to let startups raise early capital by granting investors the right to future equity at a capped valuation, without offering any additional discount at conversion. Unlike other SAFEs, this version excludes the percentage discount mechanism (which normally gives investors shares at a reduced price), relying only on the valuation cap to protect investors. It is part of Y Combinator’s widely adopted library of open, lawyer-vetted standard financing documents.
Updated 25 Dec 2025
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Indemnification Agreement (Updated July 2020) (NVCA)
This template provides individual directors and officers of a Delaware corporation with contractual rights to indemnification and the advancement of expenses. It converts the permissive protections found in the Delaware General Corporation Law into mandatory obligations that cannot be changed without the individual's consent. The document also includes specific provisions for venture capital funds to ensure they are not treated as co-indemnitors with the portfolio company.
Updated 13 Aug 2026
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LPA Insert Language Regarding CFIUS (Updated July 2020) (NVCA)
These model clauses for a Limited Partnership Agreement (LPA) manage risks related to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). They allow a General Partner to restrict the rights of foreign investors to ensure the fund does not qualify as a foreign person under the Defense Production Act.
Updated 13 Aug 2026
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SAFE Agreement - $250k Angel Investment (eSign).pdf
This document is a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE) used for early-stage startup financing. It allows an investor to provide capital in exchange for the right to receive equity in the future upon a specific triggering event, such as a formal funding round or company sale.
Updated 21 Jan 2026
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SAFE: Discount, no Valuation Cap (US) by Y Combinator
This document is a Simple Agreement for Future Equity (SAFE), designed for early-stage investment. It grants an investor the right to receive shares of the company's capital stock upon an equity financing or liquidity event, often at a discount. The SAFE outlines the terms of conversion, liquidation priority, and representations from both the company and the investor.
Updated 17 Oct 2025
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