funding simulator
Finance and crypto
startup fundraising simulator
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How HN took it
24 positive, 39 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 14 critical, out of 78 comments about the project. Thread score +0.13.
Idea: 9 for, 4 againstDesign: 7 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 6 againstDocs: 1 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, intuitive UI that is easier than Carta's simulation tool
From 2 comments
This is SO awesome! Great work! This is really nice for getting a quick ball-park idea on strategy or getting up and running on the early-side. This is MUCH cleaner/nicer than…
parkaboy on HNWow what a great tool! Intuitive and clean interface with realistic default equity investments/option pools. Also I love to see more and more svelte projects popping up. Really…
iamandoni on HN
Good educational tool for founders new to dilution
From 2 comments
Love the UI. Good educational tool for founders. If only building the company and going through all those funding rounds was as easy!
nilsbunger on HNThis is a great start. I really enjoyed the UI. Definitely needs the educational hints for people who are newbies, but that is obvious and you probably already have it on your…
happytiger on HN
Objections
Only supports post-money SAFEs and priced rounds, no down rounds or liquidation preferences
From 1 comment
Breaks or shows NaN results in some scenarios such as down rounds or late series
From 3 comments
Clicked a few buttons and got "You kept NaN% equity... You get $NaN" That's a surprising result, and not very user friendly. Some ideas to make it better: - make it impossible to…
tantalor on HNIt breaks when you do a down round. (A for 50mln, exit for 10)
throwaw33333434 on HNBreaks after Series G
blindriver on HN
Requests
Add exit or sale option after SAFE round
From 2 comments
Great work! It would be cool if there was an option to "Exit / Sell the Startup" after a SAFE round i.e., before a priced round. This would simulate Jason Lemkin's one round…
mikikian on HNAn option to sell after the Safes would be good.
rgrieselhuber on HN
Add liquidation preferences and debt
From 2 comments
Should add liquidation preferences and allow sales below the last priced round. Seem to be more common these days!
iamnafets on HNYou need to add debt. For example, bridge loans. Or even “can we do this without selling equity”
withinboredom on HN
Add templates for typical industries and funding series
From 2 comments
Would also be cool if you have some templates for some typical series of funding rounds all the way to the exit in different industries, which we can just load and see (fantasize…
ackbar03 on HNShould put a button that plugs in default scenarios like YC, typical series A, B, etc.
reducesuffering on HN
Save and share simulations via link
From 1 comment
I love this, though few thoughts 1. Enable multiple branches to show different simulations 2. Allow me to save it and share it via a link
lettergram on HN
Questions
What does add SAFE mean and how is the tool explained
From 1 comment
Nice tool, but if your goal is to help people understand, some more information in the UI would be nice; I can click "add safe" - what does that mean?
Luctia on HN
Is it a simulator or a calculator
From 2 comments
Great tool but confused a bit. Is this a simulator or a calculator?
jonshariat on HNThis is a calculator, not a simulator. What exactly are you simulating? This takes a number of fixed inputs and produces a fixed output over some very coarse, manually controlled…
risenshinetech on HN
Alternatives named
Carta simulation tool
From 1 comment
This is SO awesome! Great work! This is really nice for getting a quick ball-park idea on strategy or getting up and running on the early-side. This is MUCH cleaner/nicer than…
parkaboy on HN
Pulley
From 1 comment
Excel spreadsheets
From 1 comment