The Critical Difference Between Pre and Post-Money Valuations

And why no serious investor will consider your pre-money SAFE

DC Palter
Entrepreneurship Handbook
5 min readMay 8, 2024

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You’ve pitched to my group of 100 angel investors. We’re impressed with your product, your team, your presentation. You get to the last slide and ask us to invest $1M in your SAFE with a $10M valuation cap.

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